Stringy is an English word with synonyms like wiry or unsubstantial. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Stringy meaning
- Composed of, or resembling, string or strings.
- Tough to the bite, as containing too much sinew or string tissue.
- Wiry, lean, scrawny.
Synonyms of Stringy
Using Stringy
- The main meaning on this page is: Composed of, or resembling, string or strings. | Tough to the bite, as containing too much sinew or string tissue. | Wiry, lean, scrawny.
- Useful related words include: wiry, unsubstantial, insubstantial, thick.
- In the example corpus, stringy often appears in combinations such as: and stringy, stringy and, long stringy.
Context around Stringy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stringy
- In this selection, "stringy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, long, lovely, neck, hair, cheesiness and bits stand out and add context to how "stringy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accompanied by stringy bits of and any excess stringy whites which. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stringy" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stringy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
These are long stringy things that grow out of our neurons. (11 words)
Their meat is dark and stringy, like a tough cut of beef. (12 words)
Unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt, surf shorts, barefoot, stringy hair — you know, trust-fund babies. (13 words)
The usual way to eat nattō these days is to stir it several times until it’s really stringy and sticky, add soy sauce, mustard and other ingredients (usually included as flavor packets with the nattō), and eat it with plain rice. (42 words)
He says cracking the eggs into a very fine small sieve over the pan and then immediately lowering the utensil into the water will remove any excess, stringy whites, which will make your poached eggs look better. (37 words)
She also earmarks my ‘bunny’ lines at the top of my nose, the puckering lines around my lips and the muscles just under the corners of my jaw, which can make my neck look stringy. (35 words)
This Mac and Cheese comes out Creamy, Gooey and Stringy…just as Mac and Cheese is meant to be! (19 words)
Example sentences (17)
I like to tear up a ball of mozzarella and chuck that in to get that lovely stringy cheesiness.
I rely on regular shots of toxin to soften the muscles that clench my jaw while I'm asleep and make my neck stringy, and to smooth frown lines.
The texture wasn't off-puting for me, but it is a bit slimy and stringy when you first pump out the product.
They were accompanied by stringy bits of wood, possibly strands of a broom, all signs of an ancient practice people used centuries ago to ward off witches and ghouls.
In this case: a stringy slot corner who never had been credited for a sack in his college career.
Outside, the officer noticed a young man with long stringy hair sitting on a picnic table near the warehouse.
This Mac and Cheese comes out Creamy, Gooey and Stringy…just as Mac and Cheese is meant to be!
A significant showing of cleavage was put forth by the stringy garment, as it only managed to cover the most intimate areas of her delicate, yet shapely bosom.
She also earmarks my ‘bunny’ lines at the top of my nose, the puckering lines around my lips and the muscles just under the corners of my jaw, which can make my neck look stringy.
The usual way to eat nattō these days is to stir it several times until it’s really stringy and sticky, add soy sauce, mustard and other ingredients (usually included as flavor packets with the nattō), and eat it with plain rice.
Thorne did her own minimalist makeup on set (she says she always does) and her hair is unkempt and stringy throughout.
These are long stringy things that grow out of our neurons.
He says cracking the eggs into a very fine small sieve over the pan and then immediately lowering the utensil into the water will remove any excess, stringy whites, which will make your poached eggs look better.
Unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt, surf shorts, barefoot, stringy hair — you know, trust-fund babies.
PS Ch.8 The youthful Snape had a "stringy, pallid look", being "round-shouldered yet angular", having a "twitchy" walk "that recalled a spider" and "long oily hair that jumped about his face".
Since both birds are stringy, and taste unpleasant, the skin and feathers could be kept and filled with the cooked, minced and seasoned flesh of tastier birds, like goose or chicken.
Their meat is dark and stringy, like a tough cut of beef.
Common combinations with stringy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: