How to Use stringy in a Sentence

stringy

adjective

• Wash the stringy fiber off the seeds in the sink.
  — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 13 Oct. 2025
• Too much length can make thin curls look stringy and stretched.
  — Lexi Novak, Allure, 20 Dec. 2017
• Use a spoon to scoop out the seeds and any stringy pieces.
  — Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
• And that tougher end can turn out stringy or woody when cooked.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2018
• Maria has red, mottled skin, stringy hair and long black talons.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2022
• Her recent look sees her in a stringy camo bikini.
  — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 4 June 2026
• His long stringy hair, brown with gray streaks, spills out of a plain black baseball cap.
  — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 12 Jan. 2022
• Using a large spoon, scoop out all seeds and stringy membranes.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2024
• Remove the seeds and stringy fibers with a metal spoon or ice cream scoop.
  — Karen Berner, Good Housekeeping, 18 July 2018
• Remove the seeds and stringy fibers with a metal spoon or ice cream scoop.
  — Karen Berner, Good Housekeeping, 29 June 2017
• Beans and peas can grow stringy and tough when they are allowed to over-mature.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 July 2025
• Marnie was my age, with stringy hair and slouchy shoulders and a thin, whispery voice.
  — Aryn Kyle, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
• Spray some on your roots to delete grease (which can make your hair look stringy) and uplift your look.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 26 Oct. 2017
• The saliva tends to be too stringy and clogs machines used in the lab to process the test.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 28 Aug. 2020
• By this point, the flesh is stringy, watery, and tough—not great for pumpkin pie.
  — Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 13 Oct. 2022
• The seed is held inside a stringy, pulpy husk, which should be cleaned, then removed.
  — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 7 July 2026
• The squash flesh becomes stringy when cooked and looks a lot like spaghetti; hence the name.
  — Stacey Hugues, Verywell Health, 28 Feb. 2023
• Using a chef's knife, trim off the stringy root ends by slicing about ¼ inch above the roots.
  — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2023
• Use a bit of hair powder to keep your bangs from appearing stringy.
  — Krista Carter, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
• Use your fingers or a fork to gently remove the seeds from the stringy pulp.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Oct. 2023
• That taste also can reveal whether the outer leaves are tough or stringy.
  — Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022
• The black-and-beige two-piece consists of a stringy halter-style top and cheeky boy shorts.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 July 2023
• Snip off the main branch above the leaf stock to stimulate bushy versus stringy growth.
  — Gabriella Verdugo, Marie Claire, 18 May 2017
• Scoop out the seeds Remove the stringy flesh and seeds from the center of the squash.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2023
• The end product is usually tough, dry, and stringy.
  — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 May 2026
• They’re made of pairs and trios of quarks that are bound together by stringy trails of gluons.
  — Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
• The stringy piece features red, green, blue, and yellow stripes on a black background.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 July 2023
• If any of the mussels have beards, the small stringy clump attached to one side, pull or scrape off the beards.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2021
• If your green bean variety has a stringy fiber that runs throughout the bean pod, trim that off too.
  — Kate Merker, Good Housekeeping, 29 June 2022
• When the squash is cool enough to handle, use a fork to scrape the stringy flesh into a medium bowl.
  — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2020