was stringing
- past progressive of string.
Example Sentences
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Times and was stringing for the New York Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
Deleesa kept saying Courtney and River were playing a dirty game, but, uh, Deleesa was a catfish who was stringing Chloe along and doing manipulating of her own.
From Slate ● May 5, 2021
Compared to past gigs, where the hardest job was stringing a 12-string guitar, this one came with a steep learning curve.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 18, 2017
Conquering this tree was especially important to me because in November I had broken two ribs when a stepladder betrayed me while I was stringing Christmas lights on a big pine in my yard.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2013
After delivering the water home and snapping green beans into a big pot to steam with a cinnamon stick, Sitti took Liyana to meet a neighbor who was stringing orange beads on nylon thread.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
