Strung

Examples

• At the far eastern confine a strange cavalcade strung, in single file, over the brow of a low hill. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The man's body, strung to its efforts, vibrated strongly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The animals are driven into a catching pen at 1, where they are strung up by one leg, and secured to a traveling pulley on an overhead rail. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• But it's a pity you should not have little recreations of that sort, Casaubon: the bow always strung--that kind of thing, you know--will not do. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She wore no hat in the heated cafe, her loose, simple jumper was strung on a string round her neck. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• This was too much for Dorothea's highly-strung feeling, and she burst into tears, sobbing against Tantripp's arm. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• A signal legible to every sailor of all the fleets engaged in that fierce struggle was strung aloft upon the flagship. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Yet there was a nameless air of preparation in the room, as if it were strung up for an occasion. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• By 1847 circuits had been strung between Washington and New York, under private enterprise, the Government having declined to buy the Morse system for $100,000. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• These words strung up my attention to a pitch of expectation that was almost painful. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Five of 'em strung up in a row, and none left to play booty, or turn white-livered! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• My nerves were firmly strung, and I felt all the strength of my resolution stirring in me vigorously from head to foot. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Gerald's eyes were quick and restless, his whole manner tense and impatient, he seemed strung up to some activity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I'd do that, if I was going to be strung up to that there gallows as there is over there, directly afterwards. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• She knew that she was the cause of her husband's utter ruin; and she strung herself to bear the consequences. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He chose a longer, springier piece of wood, bent it into a bow, and strung it with a longer thong. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He looked about the bare room and out at the bare beach and the row of stark white village houses strung along the shore. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I told her how the fear of her danger palsied my exertions, how the knowledge of her safety strung my nerves to endurance. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

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