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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of restring.

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Examples

  • It needed some restringing, but it ought to suffice to deal with this.

    The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010

  • Which US blues guitarist and singer (1923-1992; real name: Albert Nelson) was left-handed but learned to play on a standard guitar without restringing it, which contributed to his characteristic sound?

    The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference 2008

  • " Initially when you first come on tour, you need somebody telling you when to practice, when to get in the gym, when your rackets need restringing and that sort of thing, " says Mr. Murray.

    At the Top of His Game Barry Flatman 2010

  • Expecting to hear about anything from a starfish stranded on the bank to a lost shoe found stuck in the sand, the fisherman kept on restringing his net as the little boy dashed up to him.

    Finnegan teoriza la practica de cuerdas Carlos G.Tonda 2010

  • Utility workers throughout the stricken region scrambled to restore service Thursday, restringing wires knocked down by ice-laden tree branches and warning customers that full restoration may not be accomplished for another week or 10 days.

    Storm Puts Spotlight on Utilities 2009

  • It took us about 4 tries restringing the yarn before we were happy with the level of the artwork and the closeness to the wall.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Schatzie86 2008

  • It wasn't simply restringing a few wires and hanging a transformer or two.

    Sound Politics: Power Restoration Must Be Faster In Next 10-Year Storm 2006

  • It took us about 4 tries restringing the yarn before we were happy with the level of the artwork and the closeness to the wall.

    First Small Success - CHECK!!! Schatzie86 2008

  • So consider this the state-of-play report for the Massively Multi-Mushroom Soup, which I made yesterday to reward kaynorr and gnosticpi for their yeoman work at restringing all the cables and wires behind Omar for the New Bigger TV (a hand-me-down from kaynorr) and (eventually, once we get some speaker wire) the New Bosser Tuner and Speakers (a gift from luagha).

    Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2007

  • The power lines have been put back up, but you can see some of the remains over here, the crews this afternoon will be restringing the power lines over here, and beyond is the hospital, Sumnter Regional Hospital.

    CNN Transcript Mar 3, 2007 2007

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