strung

[ struhng ]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of string.

strung

/ strʌŋ /

verb

1. a past tense and past participle of string

adjective

1. 1. (of a piano, etc) provided with strings, esp of a specified kind or in a specified manner
   2. ( in combination )

      gut-strung

2. highly strung
   very nervous or volatile in character Usual US and Canadian phrasehigh-strung

Other Words From

• well-strung adjective

Example Sentences

“To be honest, that is where it started,” he said, adding that he “never got strung out” on heroin, coke and “hard drugs.”

From Los Angeles Times

If strung vertically, along the length of the fake seal’s body, the lights don’t do enough to disrupt the silhouette visible from below.

From Los Angeles Times

Unlike men I had gone out with, the ones who strung me along knowing we were not couple material, he simply never contacted me again.

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On the ground, amid the sagebrush and tumbleweeds, are a few old barracks, a weathered wooden fence strung with barbed wire and a wind-battered guard tower.

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But the strung out commander-in-chief doesn’t look quite as unhinged as he once did.

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