the strings

plural noun

: the instruments of an orchestra (such as the cello, violin, or piano) that have strings or the musicians who play them

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Others involved include guitarist Will Sexton and drummer Steve Potts of Booker T. & and the M.G.’s; producer Clay Jones; and Stax legend Lester Snell, who’s been arranging the strings. —

Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024 If this happens, your healthcare provider can trim the strings to a more comfortable length. —

Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2024 Harris’s cheeks puffed in and out rhythmically, drawing a meditative drone from the didgeridoo while the strings scraped out a sad melody just this side of Ornette Coleman or Rahsaan Roland Kirk. —

Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024 The target isn’t Alvaro Carillo himself, but a Chinese agent with the Ministry of State secretly pulling all the strings. —

Andy Andersen, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the strings