strung

American  

[struhng] / strʌŋ /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of string.

---

strung British  

/ 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

“Difference Between,” a 23-minute world premiere by Matthew Neenan, holds the stage intriguingly until losing momentum and feeling strung out as it presents an artful, communal gathering that dwindles to a somewhat puzzling conclusion.

From The Wall Street Journal

What if we knew what war truly looks like when it’s not strung with Christmas lights?

From Salon

And his writing makes sense as a group of sentences strung together.

From The Wall Street Journal

The tendrils of the tightly strung material connect, both physically and metaphorically, the wartime experiences documented in the photocopied pages scattered about, but they also bring to mind out-of-control cell growth and cancerous disease.

From The Wall Street Journal

As the nights draw in and festive lights are getting strung up, some of us might start to hope - or dream - of seeing some Christmas snowfall.

From BBC