How to Use the strings in a Sentence

the strings

plural noun

• All the ivory keys remain in place, and none of the strings were broken.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
• Yet the strings still emerge from the dryer in a stubborn twist.
  — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 25 Oct. 2023
• This was played with élan over dissonant swirling in the strings.
  — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
• But that song took on a whole 'nother daylight when Paul Riser added the strings and the horns on it.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
• First the strings, then two guitarists, two keyboardists, a bassist and a drummer to round it out.
  — Heather Bushman, The Indianapolis Star, 9 July 2023
• The bikini top straps were down and tied to form a keyhole at her bust, with the strings hanging down.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 9 July 2023
• Simply place the top ring and let the strings cascade down for a stunning, stress-free display.
  — Poppy Morgan, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2023
• Don Hart came aboard to arrange the strings that thread the album together.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2024
• From the top of her low-slung denim jeans, the strings of her bikini bottoms could be seen in a shade of chocolate brown.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 2 Sep. 2023
• The presto of the third was kept extra-presto, with beguiling feints (or faints?) of volume in the repeating theme of the strings.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
• Towards the end, the soloist drops down to its lowest register while the strings move upwards.
  — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2023
• The counter-rhythm of how the strings are playing against the jazz bass progression activates my brain and soul in equal measure.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 28 June 2024
• But even someone of Danna’s pedigree couldn’t avoid the strings that are often attached to fame.
  — Lucas Villa, Allure, 12 Apr. 2024
• But when her fingers meet the strings, her face hardens, like ancient marble.
  — Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• With a protection rating of IP44, the strings are waterproof except for the plug.
  — Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2023
• Tucked back behind the strings, even McDermott blends in with the ensemble, adding to the sublimity of the whole sound.
  — Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2024
• Look for lamps and even chandeliers with fringe—the light sifts through the strings, creating an overall sense of moody ambiance.
  — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Feb. 2024
• And yet, here, when Hoffman draws very close to the strings of Hawthorne’s novel, we’re made aware of the grating dissonance between them as writers.
  — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
• Nearby, high school volunteers helped children insert the plastic rods and loop in the strings to their creations.
  — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
• The small rubber insert on the strings reduces vibration.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2023
• But when the strings and piano have enough runway, the score unlocks a soulfulness and a kind of heroic love between the characters.
  — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Sep. 2024
• As the strings suggest, the keys were never intended to be used in production systems.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 25 July 2024
• Its founder, a bon vivant who once dated the widowed first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, held all the strings, and pulled them in ways that Mr. Kohn often disliked.
  — Fred A. Bernstein, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2023
• Banks retuned Ochs’ Stella Harmony acoustic guitar, began to run the dull side of the utensil up and down the strings, and there, on his mother’s back porch, Ochs learned how to play the blues.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023
• From there the strings and piano interact in a flurry of higher notes before fading away to leave us with only a spare piano.
  — Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024
• Stargazers were alarmed by how bright the strings of satellites appeared as sunlight reflected off their shiny surfaces.
  — Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 27 Feb. 2023
• At one point, the strings glided through an intricate tune while the rest of the orchestra softly complemented it.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2023
• Holding the strings up to Ledstrom's eyes, her expression said it all as the comparison highlighted just how far off her boyfriend had been in his choice.
  — Aron Solomon, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
• The X-rays from Chandra sound like a synthesizer, Spitzer’s infrared data are the strings, and optical light from Hubble has bell-like tones.
  — Lee Roop | [e-mail], al, 26 June 2023
• There’s just something about the orchestra, and particularly the strings, which gives you goosebumps.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 25 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Nov 2024