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. Usual US and Canadian phrase: high-strung. very nervous or volatile in character

Other Word Forms

• well-strung adjective

Example Sentences

Or her Delhi architecture school days, when she was too broke for jewellery and wore "cow beads" - fat glass beads strung across cow horns, bought off herdsmen near the hostel.

From BBC

Naturally, when the breaths are strung together between lyrics and put to music in the form of an album, it’s a seismic event, one that no rock forged is strong enough to withstand.

From Salon

The 16-year-old girl, and boy, aged 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty after the kittens were found cut open and strung up.

From BBC

Even before bodies get strung up on the pier like sharks, you’re thinking that the writers must have also dug out their VHS tapes of “Jaws.”

From Los Angeles Times

Charter previously attributed the incident to culprits who apparently climbed trees in the early-morning hours to gain access to Spectrum’s overhead fiber lines strung between poles.

From Los Angeles Times