How to Use stringer in a Sentence

stringer

noun
  • And the drills didn’t match first-stringers against each other.
    Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The shark was caught in a fish stringer about 20 feet deep in the ocean.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Their third stringers would be in the rotation most places.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
  • Next, trim the bottom of the stringer an amount equal to the tread thickness.
    Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2021
  • The front nose of each tread must be the exact same distance from the edge of the stringer.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Then imagine the treads were rotated to sit on top of the stringers.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Winston seems to be too good, even at this stage of his career, to be a third-stringer.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The drubbing didn’t stop when the Raiders went to second-stringers.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2019
  • There’s no such thing as having first-stringers and then a couple of backups.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Cory Durden, a third-stringer, mostly held his ground against the run.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Simple oak treads float between steel stringers, and the steel rail is capped with walnut.
    Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The treads connect to side stringers and sometimes to one that is in the middle of the stairs.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
  • The framing square is used to lay out on the face of the stringers where the mortises will be.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Lightning trout remain in the lake, and most stringers have up to limits of the unique trout.
    By Roger George and Dave Hurley, sacbee.com, 9 May 2017
  • The third-stringer had 77 total yards and scored a touchdown for the third games.
    Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 27 Sep. 2020
  • The layoff didn’t seem to have much of an effect on the Chiefs’ first-stringers.
    David Murphy, Philly.com, 24 Dec. 2017
  • In July, Brown opened training camp as a third-stringer.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Gabbert was demoted to third-stringer by the end of that season.
    Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 17 June 2020
  • That will leave the fourth quarter to third-stringer Brett Hundley.
    Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Aug. 2021
  • The Royals’ second stringers ran out the clock to secure the win.
    Jordan Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Bishop Moore will play second stringers for the second half.
    Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Mike got the fish into a headlock with his right biceps, and Nate slid a stringer through the gills.
    Matt Carney, Outside Online, 15 June 2022
  • Most of the groups were bait fishing, and almost all of them were filling stringers with pan-sized rainbow trout.
    Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Quillin, meanwhile, is a stringer for news services and often goes to the scenes of breaking news to record video.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Lewerke is only the third-stringer, but his Giants debut was a good one.
    Pat Leonard, courant.com, 22 Aug. 2021
  • The third-stringer, a freshman, just suffered a concussion.
    Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Things got so bad that the team was forced to rely on fourth-stringer Ryan Brand late in the season.
    Matt Murschel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 June 2018
  • The Bulldogs did tack on a pair of touchdowns against a group of mostly second-stringers.
    Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 31 Aug. 2019
  • Consider using stringers from your go-to home improvement store as the base.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The Boeing spokeswoman said the stringer cracks didn’t pose a flight-safety problem.
    Andrew Tangel, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2022

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