strings

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1. A section of the orchestra containing the stringed musical instruments — those played by making stretched strings vibrate. In most stringed instruments, the musician draws a bow over the strings; violins, violas, cellos, and bass viols are played in this way. Other stringed instruments are played by plucking the strings; these include the banjo, guitar, harp, harpsichord, and ukulele.

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Example Sentences

Jonny Greenwood returned, roaring, with his music for swarming strings and neurotic piano in “One Battle After Another.”

From Los Angeles Times

That is, until the familiar strings in Max Richter’s “On the Nature of Daylight” begin to play, and the film once again feels like a parody of itself.

From Salon

IPv6 uses longer strings of letters and numbers, creating vastly more unique combinations: a number that would be rendered as 34 followed by 37 zeros.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I was like, OK, I’m going to have to rearrange this. There’s like trumpets and strings, and I’m like, ‘I’m only doing piano.’”

From Los Angeles Times

There’s only so much control that their grandparents will be able to exercise after they’re gone, and the best kinds of gifts don’t come with strings attached.

From MarketWatch

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