How to Use stringing in a Sentence

stringing

noun
  • 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, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2020
  • After installing the bridge and strap buttons, all that’s left is some stringing and fine tuning.
    Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Create a simple one by stringing cut squares of metallic paper on a plain wall.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The team is working hard on playing a clean game and stringing hits together with the hope to win every inning.
    oregonlive, 6 May 2021
  • Popcorn stringing was also a craft featured in the Banta house.
    Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, chicagotribune.com, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Tankersley remembers a few years ago when Rafael Nadal dropped off his rackets and then walked into the stringing room.
    USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Considering the Padres stringing, and stringing some more.
    Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2022
  • Jim Phelan Twenty minutes into Tuesday’s climb, Phelan got to the top of the pole and started repairing pulleys, re-stringing ropes and tightening the wobbly brass ball with a wrench.
    Sarah Gish, kansascity, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Speaking of stringing along, Puth played coy in the press afterward, trying to have it both ways: being a gentleman who wouldn’t gossip, but also…maybe shading Gomez in interviews.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Besides, the clinic has its own party, with a Spanish guitarist stringing songs and serenading diners.
    Mary Holland, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Tennis facilities include locker rooms, a Pro Shop, a ball machine and personal racket stringing to ensure your game is up to par.
    Roger Sands, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • They were also charged with stringing along some timeshare owners along with additional false claims, and often convinced them to pay for additional closing costs or other fees.
    Paul Brinkmann, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 May 2018
  • Several miles away, clam fishermen have tested similar measures to prevent sea bream from eating their potential harvest, too, stringing mesh across poles in a small patch of shallow water.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • As part of her doctoral work in radio astronomy, Jocelyn Bell Burnell built a radio telescope by hand — pounding posts, stringing wire, attaching metal.
    Sarah Scoles, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2019

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