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Recent Examples of stringy
Use a bit of hair powder to keep your bangs from appearing stringy.
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Krista Carter, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
It's typically dried rather than eaten raw, with a brittle shell and stringy pulp that's traditionally cracked open and steeped to make a mildly sweet, herbal tea.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Riots of color, a horse or a human figure here or there, stringy webs of fabric.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
Spaghetti Squash Cooked spaghetti squash has a stringy texture that resembles thin spaghetti noodles.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 21 Nov. 2025
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Krista Carter, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
It's typically dried rather than eaten raw, with a brittle shell and stringy pulp that's traditionally cracked open and steeped to make a mildly sweet, herbal tea.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Riots of color, a horse or a human figure here or there, stringy webs of fabric.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
Spaghetti Squash Cooked spaghetti squash has a stringy texture that resembles thin spaghetti noodles.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 21 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stringy
fibrous
Adjective
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The scientists found both were composed of a fibrous material that contained many stinging cells called spirocysts, which belong exclusively to the branch of aquatic invertebrates known as cnidarians.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2026
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But closer analysis revealed it was made of fibrous layers packed with stinging cells, pointing to a connection with cnidarians, the group that includes corals and anemones.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Stringy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stringy. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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