adjective
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of stringed
before 1000; Middle English; Old English strængede; string, -ed 3
Example Sentences
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The wall paintings are adorned with candelabras, stringed instruments called lyres, white cranes and a delicate daisy.
From BBC
“Country Radio” provides a sense of heartsick nostalgia over a hopeful chorus of stringed instruments.
From Los Angeles Times
Robert Hilton, a retired art teacher with an interest in African and Indian music, would wander over with a lute-like stringed instrument, or one of his other homemade instruments, to provide the entertainment.
From Los Angeles Times
As she experiments between strumming up and down, the forceful strike gives the stringed instrument a more percussive feel.
From Los Angeles Times
His grandfather was one of the first percussionists in the area and his grandmother played the oud, a lute-like stringed musical instrument common in the Middle East and Africa.
From Seattle Times
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