Emoji are not always used as embellishments, however – sometimes, strings of the characters can themselves convey meaning in a longer sequence on their own.
After a short while, an awfully hungry man walked over, with his head covered by his sleeve and his shoes tied up with strings.
Upon reaching solid ground I looked back and discovered that both my father and husband were clinging to the boat which had followed me to the bank BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER'S SHOE STRINGS WERE ENTANGLED WITHIN THE LINE FROM A FISHING POLE WHICH WAS LODGED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BOAT.
Avoid excessive nominalization (long strings of nouns).
When installed with strings and plucked, it gave out a wonderful sound, harmonious and pleasing to the ear.
Through hill and valley every breeze Had sunk to rest with folded wings: Keen was the air, but could not freeze, Nor check, the music of the strings; So stout and hardy were the band That scraped the chords with strenuous hand.
Suddenly, his fingers hit the wrong strings.
But once they "leave the nest" at around 18 to 21 years old, they want to be on their own, not "tied to their mother's apron strings.
Though a few people deserve credit for its proliferation, it was Simon Prebble, a British actor, who designed an early version out of wood in 1967 and named it after its resemblance to the strings in a cat's cradle game.
And music, some thing old and familiar, I think it's Ya Mowlah on rubab strings.
They measure the former by asking people to repeat increasingly long strings of digits in reverse order.
Through hill and valley every breeze Had sunk to rest with folded wings: Keen was the air, but could not freeze, Nor check, the music of the strings; So stout and hardy were the band That scraped the chords with strenuous hand.
When you give to someone with no strings attached -- whether it be a physical gift, a compliment or your time -- you are nourished as well as the receiver.
When to her lute Corinna sings, Her voice revives the leaden strings, And doth in highest notes appear As any challenged echo clear.
I am afraid the strings would not last.
If you cannot hear the sound of the genuine in you, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.
Men still make the most money in the average household, but it's women who control the purse strings.
After only seconds of playing, one of the strings on his violin broke.
A NIGHT THOUGHT ON TERRACE TOWER Wei Zhuang Far through the night a harp is sighing With a sadness of wind and rain in the strings.
ON HEARING JUN THE BUDDHIST MONK FROM SHU PLAY HIS LUTE Li Bai The monk from Shu with his green silk lute-case, Walking west down Omei Mountain, Has brought me by one touch of the strings The breath of pines in a thousand valleys.