string

[US]/strɪŋ/
[UK]/strɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a thin piece of cord, a series of things arranged in a line or a row
vt. to put strings on, to thread with a string

Phrases & Collocations

pulled string

cotton string

nylon string

loose string

a string of

drill string

pipe string

string quartet

character string

casing string

string theory

string together

long string

string vibration

second string

text string

string instrument

string along

pull the strings

input string

pull strings

format string

insulator string

Example Sentences

a string of burglaries.

a string of questions.

a string of beads.

a string of boutiques.

a stringer of beads.

The string was in a tangle.

a string of personal disasters.

a guitar string retainer.

pluck the strings of guitar

limp strings of hair.

a gift with no strings attached.

music for strings and for wind

function DelTree(var p :string) :string;

the strings affix to the back of the bridge.

the old, elitist image of the string quartet.

Real-world Examples

There'll be no strings to bind your hands.

Source: Friends Season 2

He's the pervert pulling the strings here.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 10

So we'd need some string as well.

Source: Cambridge IELTS Listening Actual Test 4

Generous? Don't you see the strings attached? -What strings?

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 2

Yeah, Captain pulled some strings with the commissioner.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

She took a pair of scissors and cut the string.

Source: IELTS vocabulary example sentences

She is wearing a string of beads round her neck.

Source: IELTS vocabulary example sentences

Tom attached the string to his kite.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

I just learned how to string rackets but it's really hard.

Source: CNN 10 Student English September 2018 Collection

As he worked, the mariachi casually plucked at his guitar strings.

Source: Coco

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