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unstrung

[ UK /ʌnstɹˈʌŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. emotionally upset
    the incident left him unstrung and incapable of rational effort

How To Use unstrung In A Sentence

  • …The bone tasted of nothing and smelled of nothing, A scalded toothless harp, uncrushed, unstrung. Robert Pinsky's Poetry Strikes a Chord
  • I made a quick sketch and the next day unstrung the beads.
  • Brock just rolled his shoulders and unstrung his bow, coiled the string and tucked between the oiled sheets of paper that usually held it, and tucked that into a pouch on his belt.
  • But not alone at this did they laugh, for at the moment of the snap and the turning over, Captain Duncan's unstrung nerves had exploded, causing him to jump as he tensed his whole body. CHAPTER VI
  • I should have sung for you, but with my lyre unstrung epithalamia were not on hand. The Times Literary Supplement
  • She unstrung her bow and placed it in the quiver.
  • The bow was unstrung and secured to the tree, next to a large misshapen sack.
  • She unstrung it and put the bowstring in a pouch at her belt, and found a quiver and arrows with black fletching.
  • Montague's sword unstrung the arm that upheld it, and the next instant the pastor was surrounded by friends. Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader
  • Then she unstrung her bow deaf to the crowds' wild cheers.
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