strung

[struhng]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of string.

strung

/ strʌŋ /

verb

1. a past tense and past participle of string

adjective

1. 1. (of a piano, etc) provided with strings, esp of a specified kind or in a specified manner

   2. ( in combination )

      gut-strung

2. Usual US and Canadian phrase: high-strung. very nervous or volatile in character

Other Word Forms

• well-strung adjective

Example Sentences

"Anybody who has been to America will know that there's always a small town 30 miles outside with plenty of motels strung out along the highway."

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Pretending they were legitimate cyber security workers, hackers gave the chatbot small automated tasks which, when strung together, formed a "highly sophisticated espionage campaign".

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At one point all of the magicians spontaneously do a show for one another, each of them taking part in a can-you-top-this series of illusions strung as close together as popcorn on a string.

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A Belfast woman who "strung along" a seriously ill man with lies that she would donate her kidney to him has been branded "callous" and "not human".

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Dangerous—because Lee, whose first feature cost $175,000 strung together through the handouts of friends and family, has released a new movie co-produced by one of the world’s richest tech companies.

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