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• past tense form of string.
• past participle of string.

strung

American  

[struhng] / strʌŋ /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of string.

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strung British  

/ strʌŋ /

verb

1. a past tense and past participle of string

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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

Explanation

Things that are strung are connected together on a string, thread, or wire. A beaded necklace, a popcorn garland, and twinkly lights on a tree are examples of things that are strung. Things that are strung are threaded or hung along a line. Think of festive lights draped across a patio, or holiday decorations hanging from a string. In a different sense, someone can feel strung, meaning they are tense or stressed, much like a string that is pulled just a bit too tight for comfort and can easily snap or break.

Example Sentences

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strung

In the sixth, they finally strung multiple hits together and got a run out of it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

Across the courtyard in another workshop a handful of PoWs are making artificial Christmas trees, gaudy baubles strung from their machines.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

What these apps do best is lay bare the ways in which our entire economy is structured like a betting app strung together by incentive perverts.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

But it was generations of American workers who strung the telegraph wire, laid the railroad tracks, and built the interstate highways and buried the fiber.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

Because the ribbon had been strung too close to the mounds of dog food.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein