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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Harris’s cheeks puffed in and out rhythmically, drawing a meditative drone from the didgeridoo while the strings scraped out a sad melody just this side of Ornette Coleman or Rahsaan Roland Kirk. —

Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024 The target isn’t Alvaro Carillo himself, but a Chinese agent with the Ministry of State secretly pulling all the strings. —

Andy Andersen, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024 Other familiar faces set to reappear include Gong Yoo as the sharp-suited salesman who finds new recruits for the high-stakes competition, Wi Ha-joon as infiltrating detective Hwang Jun-ho, and Lee Byung-hun as a masked frontman overseeing the game and pulling all the strings. —

Amarachi Orie, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024 It was built around my stumbling piano part, and the strings stumbled along with it. —

Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the strings