strings
IPA: strˈɪŋz
noun
- (music) Collectively, the stringed instruments in an orchestra.
- (figuratively) Conditions, especially undesirable ones.
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Examples of "strings" in Sentences
- The bass recitative is accompanied by the strings.
- On string instruments, plucking the strings is called pizzicato.
- The strings of the bass octave extend the instrument's full 90 feet.
- * @param mixed $strings a string or an array of strings to normalize
- He played the instrument by striking the strings with his fingernail.
- $strings = "microsoft. visualbasic.strings" - as [type] $forReading = 1
- Two of them came from Campus Drive as the Nobles girls hockey and girls basketball team extended their title strings to 10 and six respectively.
- I dialed up some soft Latin strings on the sound system and moved to the bar to pour a shot of rum, gods it would be good not to come home to an empty house every day.
- As they came alongside the gangway of the cruiser, they saw launches and barges lying in strings to the boat-booms, filled with men, waiting for the rocket signal from the beleaguered hotels.
- They were coated with ice; the thick German socks were like sheaths of iron half-way to the knees; and the mocassin strings were like rods of steel all twisted and knotted as by some conflagration.
- A marionette on strings is about all he really deserves to be remembered as, although you do have to give him credit for being able to duck (flying shoes) pretty well for being such a lame one. — eddy
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