How to Use stringer in a Sentence

stringer

noun
  • Next, trim the bottom of the stringer an amount equal to the tread thickness.
    Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2021
  • And the drills didn’t match first-stringers against each other.
    Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The Utes must look elsewhere for a third-stringer this fall.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 19 June 2019
  • The drubbing didn’t stop when the Raiders went to second-stringers.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2019
  • The third-stringer had 77 total yards and scored a touchdown for the third games.
    Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 27 Sep. 2020
  • The layoff didn’t seem to have much of an effect on the Chiefs’ first-stringers.
    David Murphy, Philly.com, 24 Dec. 2017
  • Now, third-stringer Jaylen Watkins rejoins the team just in time to play the Texans.
    Dr. Roto, SI.com, 20 Sep. 2019
  • The Packers picked on a second-stringer on their next drive.
    Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 5 Nov. 2020
  • As the third-stringer, Love is never active on a game day.
    Howard Sinker, Star Tribune, 8 June 2021
  • That will leave the fourth quarter to third-stringer Brett Hundley.
    Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Aug. 2021
  • Their five-bass stringer weighed a whopping 37.13 pounds.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Things got so bad that the team was forced to rely on fourth-stringer Ryan Brand late in the season.
    Matt Murschel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 June 2018
  • Haskins was the Team’s 3rd-stringer until Kyle Allen got hurt a few weeks ago.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Mike got the fish into a headlock with his right biceps, and Nate slid a stringer through the gills.
    Matt Carney, Outside Online, 15 June 2022
  • Bryant started at The Times as a stringer in the Valley edition, just in time for the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The usual third-stringer spoke with reporters after the game and offered his thoughts on the tough 16-14 loss.
    Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2021
  • O’Connell is a walk-on who was the Boilermakers’ fourth-stringer last year.
    Eric Olson, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Shanahan made Sermon a healthy scratch in the season opener and the third-round pick was a third-stringer in Week 2.
    Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Step 2: Cutting Stringers Before laying out the steps on a 2 x 12, decide how the stringers will join the deck.
    Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 1 Dec. 2017
  • The Bulldogs did tack on a pair of touchdowns against a group of mostly second-stringers.
    Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 31 Aug. 2019
  • Simple oak treads float between steel stringers, and the steel rail is capped with walnut.
    Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The Boeing spokeswoman said the stringer cracks didn’t pose a flight-safety problem.
    Andrew Tangel, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Tied to the line on my Zebco 33 combo, many bluegill, bass, and crappie were added to my stringer.
    Rob McDonald, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
  • That ensures each stringer will be exactly the same size.
    Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2021
  • Gabbert was demoted to third-stringer by the end of that season.
    Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 17 June 2020
  • Franzen started at the Milwaukee Sentinel in 1982 and La Susa was a stringer for the paper.
    Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2019
  • On the Broncos' second drive of the game, Sears left the game after a hard tackle and in came third-stringer Cade Fennegan.
    Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Nov. 2020
  • On the bottom limb, make an extra set of grooves for the bow stringer, a separate string used to bend the bow for stringing.
    Andrew Del-Colle and Lara Sorokanich, Popular Mechanics, 5 June 2018
  • Justin Jackson's 5-yard touchdown run at the end of the first half was all Northwestern's first-stringers could muster.
    USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Tip-to-tail carbon stringers help cut through chatter, and the Extrude 2000 base flows smoothly on packed snow, with rocker curves at the tip and tail to enable float.
    Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2023

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