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Next, place some potted plants in each corner and throw up stringed lights.—Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 25 Apr. 2026 Those influences are obvious in the cafe’s look, decorated with Mexican earthenware and a stringed Middle Eastern instrument called an oud.—Aviva Bechky, Houston Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2026 His teenage son, John Wesley, worked as a clerk who tuned stringed instruments.—Sarah Biegelsen, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025 Community MusicWorks operates in areas of the state where K-12 students might not otherwise be able to afford to play stringed instruments.—Troy Aidan Sambajon, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stringed
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of stringed was
before the 12th century