string along
verb
strung along; stringing along; strings along
1
: to keep waiting
strung him along until the boss was back from lunch
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Examples of string along in a Sentence
the student succeeded in stringing even his teachers along with his tales of family hardships
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Spooled up inside our devices, wrapped around our walls, strung along our streets, millions of tons of thin metallic threads do the job of electrifying the world.
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Gregory Barber, WIRED, 14 July 2022
Not asking me out, of course, just stringing along a purposeless conversation.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 2 Sep. 2024
The two most dramatic peaks at Brainard Lake are Mount Toll and Mount Audubon, part of a stunning cluster of mountains strung along the Continental Divide that is visible from Boulder and much of northern Colorado.
—John Meyer, The Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2024
Losing with an intention is a much better option than being strung along season after season with no hope for a long, fun playoff run in sight.
—Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
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Gregory Barber, WIRED, 14 July 2022
Not asking me out, of course, just stringing along a purposeless conversation.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 2 Sep. 2024
The two most dramatic peaks at Brainard Lake are Mount Toll and Mount Audubon, part of a stunning cluster of mountains strung along the Continental Divide that is visible from Boulder and much of northern Colorado.
—John Meyer, The Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2024
Losing with an intention is a much better option than being strung along season after season with no hope for a long, fun playoff run in sight.
—Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for string along
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“String along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/string%20along. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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