Definition: 1. A set or series of things that are joined together, for example on a string. 2. A collection of objects threaded on a single strand. 3. Move or come along. 4. A linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)
Use 'string' in a sentence:
1. Ichiro's opening single to left field began a string of six straight hits.
2. What happened to the string?
3. The key is hanging on a string by the door.
4. Buildings were strung out on the north side of the river.
5. The string broke with a snap.
6. Adjust the string tension of your tennis racket to suit your style of playing.
7. Here we have two pieces of string.
8. Their new horse is very highly strung.
9. He held out a small bag tied with string.
10. This query is a string.
11. Major loans like these always come with strings.
12. Who holds the purse strings in your house?
13. He got some string.
14. He went off to change a guitar string.
15. Put a string through the hole.
16. The route was strung with flags.
17. Which string will break?
18. The incident was the latest in a string of attacks.
19. I can print out a string.
20. The Doberman let out a string of roaring barks.
21. I unravelled the string and wound it into a ball.
22. The String Quartet No. 1 is an early work, composed in California in 1941.
23. The father cut the string.
24. She had strung the shells on a silver chain.
25. They seem determined to string the talks out for an indefinite period.
26. He took the guitar and plucked at the strings.
27. Flags were strung out along the route.
28. They danced to the music of a string quartet.
29. This is string number two.
30. The string has been saved.
31. Pull the string through both holes.
32. Make a loop in the string.
33. She wore a string of pearls.
34. Do you have any string?
35. Las Vegas police committed a string of costly missteps.
36. She screamed a string of obscenities at the judge.
37. I can't find the string!
38. She has no intention of giving you a divorce; she's just stringing you along.
39. The government will have to tighten the purse strings.
40. Someone had played a trick on her, stretched a piece of string at the top of those steps.
41. As speech develops, the child starts to string more words together.
42. Wilson was a second string for New Zealand in last week's match.
43. I rolled the string into a ball.
44. Tie the ends of the string together.
45. He wrapped the package in brown paper and tied it with string.
46. She wore a string of pearls at her throat.
47. She wore a string of pearls around her neck.
48. I can barely string two words together in Japanese.
49. Aid should be given to developing countries with no strings attached.
50. The British prime minister is too apt to cling to Washington's apron strings.
51. The band's album spawned a string of hit singles.
52. Only a bit of string looped round a nail in the doorpost held it shut.
53. The molecules join together to form long strings.
