string along

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Recent Examples of string along The Yankees' handling of injuries has often left fans feeling like they're being strung along, so this wouldn't be a surprise. Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025 Fairy lights strung along the awnings of each business are twinkling. Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 18 Mar. 2025 Or will we just get strung along, like so many shows have done to us in the past? Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 26 Jan. 2025 To be sure, there are risks that Iran could use negotiations to string along the international community, seek to divide the United States and Europe with counterproposals, and deflect further sanctions. Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2011 See All Example Sentences for string along
Recent Examples of Synonyms for string along
Verb
  • That was the crux of the latest Gmail attack, tricking users into sharing codes.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • But in its most simple explanation, the Chiefs trick people.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • Even though baby clothes and newborn diapers feel too tiny to wreak havoc, don’t be fooled!
    Briana Feigon, Architectural Digest, 19 June 2025
  • Perhaps that’s what fans were griping about last year — that Burns didn’t have it anymore and Slavin was papering over all those issues, enough to fool this model.
    Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • The person is not trying to deceive or control, but the behavior still affects others and requires self awareness and growth to correct.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
  • Where was this sense of urgency when the mullahs were attempting to deceive U.N. inspectors while sandbagging U.S. efforts to diplomatically scuttle the country’s nuclear efforts?
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • Immediately, a black hole forms in its core, which then sucks in the surrounding material, quickly plumping up to a mass of over 1,000, or even 10,000, times the mass of the sun.
    Paul Sutter, Space.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Divorce can feel like an octopus whose tentacles are hard at work sucking in whatever prey is in its path.
    Lisa Zeiderman, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025

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“String along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/string%20along. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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