the strings
plural noun
: the instruments of an orchestra (such as the cello, violin, or piano) that have strings or the musicians who play them
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As the videos are projected onto the paper, the strings seem to vanish, leaving the paper to appear suspended in air.
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Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
Almost like we, with our minds, were making the harpist’s fingers drag across the strings with more and more violence.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Ascending patterns elsewhere in the strings blur the outlines of that governing idea.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The closer or farther apart the strings, the different the vibration.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
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Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
Almost like we, with our minds, were making the harpist’s fingers drag across the strings with more and more violence.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Ascending patterns elsewhere in the strings blur the outlines of that governing idea.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The closer or farther apart the strings, the different the vibration.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the strings
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“The strings.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20strings. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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