How to Use shoestring in a Sentence

shoestring

1 of 2 noun

• His method is to push down the barb below the flesh, loop the shoestring around the hook and yank fast.
  — John Goodspeed, San Antonio Express-News, 24 June 2021
• The shoestring-budget project took a few months, Leopold said.
  — Washington Post, 10 June 2021
• The Golden Bull onion rings are, as mentioned, the shoestring kind.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2023
• The beef is buttery and smoky, with a side of fresh-cut shoestring fries and a tangy mustard-mayo dip.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2023
• If the science can be done on a shoestring, then perhaps that’s fine.
  — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2023
• Many mom-and-pop shops on the East, West and South sides run on a shoestring and don’t have that kind of connection.
  — Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 13 Jan. 2021
• Fitzpatrick lunged at Mixon’s feet and came up with the shoestring tackle.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2022
• Rex said his career was in the dumps before Baker called him for the shoestring film.
  — Lindsey Bahr, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2022
• The restaurant, which opened on something of a shoestring in late 2013, will be gutted.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2020
• Ryle and Metz are on a shoestring budget with TrashBone.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 25 Sep. 2020
• And for some young adults, this shoestring budget isn’t enough to line their pockets — much less their panties.
  — Laken Brooks, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2021
• Started on a shoestring, the Corps became a hands-on problem-solver.
  — Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2022
• This year, many of the dead were small town reporters running their own outlets on a shoestring.
  — Christopher Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 17 Dec. 2022
• There are digital nomads, artists and chefs who came on a whim and a shoestring.
  — Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
• Moving away from the shoestring mentality is good news for the future of the NWSL.
  — Star Tribune, 11 Dec. 2020
• The Whataburger fries, on the other hand, were shoestring-thin, salty, crispy rods of perfection.
  — Brandon Mercer, Chron, 16 Sep. 2022
• Despite a shoestring budget, the two forged ahead, bolstered by a sense of purpose.
  — Carren Jao, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• Life at the end of the shoestring is difficult, but there are advantages to exploit.
  — Andrei Petrik, Forbes, 7 June 2021
• The cheeky post saw Jenner donning a thong the width of a shoestring that left her entire backside out in the elements.
  — Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2023
• Art-house moviemaking is a shoestring enterprise, so those kinds of costs are painful to endure.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Jan. 2022
• That said, even a shoestring budget can go far on social media.
  — Alison Coleman, Forbes, 26 May 2022
• Stan Valckx, the man in charge of cobbling together its shoestring team, has no vast network of scouts.
  — New York Times, 30 Apr. 2021
• At one point, the opposing team’s quarterback had his shoestring caught on Aaron’s foot.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Sep. 2022
• Working with a shoestring budget, Rasti didn’t have the time or resources to scout locations.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024
• Barbosa said the shoestring was likely placed on Gus’ neck as a puppy, but was never removed.
  — Madeline Farber, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2018
• The burgers are built around the restaurant’s lamb kebabs topped with walnut adjika and served with shoestring fries.
  — oregonlive, 22 June 2020
• On a recent carry, a defender dived at the legs of a fullback in front of Henderson and tried to make a shoestring tackle.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
• Fallbrook’s film program had restarted on a shoestring budget — lacking lights, mics and state-of-the art equipment.
  — Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2021
• Four years ago, the team, which operates on a shoestring budget, came to the attention of Shai Doron, the president of the Jerusalem Foundation.
  — Miriam Jordan Afif Amireh, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• Searching for softer, smoother skin on a shoestring budget?
  — Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health, 29 June 2022

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shoestring

2 of 2 adjective

• Rhys Hoskins made a shoestring catch in left field and dragged his glove across the grass.
  — Matt Gelb, Philly.com, 27 Aug. 2017
• Kaline tried for a shoestring catch or a trap but failed both ways.
  — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2019
• Get stuffed on a shoestring budget with zero fast food guilt.
  — kansascity, 11 Dec. 2017
• Fries come two ways, cut traditional or shoestring style, for a $2.35 add-on.
  — Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 9 Aug. 2019
• The flavor pairs Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream with shoestring fries and chocolate malt balls.
  — Karen Palmer, Bon Appetit, 18 Aug. 2017
• The flavor pairs Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream with shoestring fries and chocolate malt balls.
  — Karen Palmer, Bon Appetit, 18 Aug. 2017
• Their centerfielder went for the shoestring catch (our runner was holding), and the ball managed to get past her.
  — SI.com, 28 May 2018
• Arizona, by far the hottest team in the NL, is doing it on something of a shoestring budget, compared to other contenders.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2017
• The Frita, as explained on the restaurant's website, is a burger made using chorizo, topped with a soft egg and served with shoestring fries.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2017
• Marrero also helped his cause with a shoestring catch in the fifth to preserve Cueto’s scoreless outing.
  — Carl Steward, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2017
• The house shoestring fries (small $4, large $6) are thin and crisp, dusted with curry powder and sprinkled amply with seaweed flakes.
  — Rachel Lebeaux, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
• The sides: The shoestring fries are diner-worthy and the gratis coffee cake/other pastries dispatched pre-meal are irresistible.
  — Anna Caplan, star-telegram, 28 Sep. 2017
• The duck at Gabrielle, slow roasted, basted with a sherry and orange sauce, crisped in the fryer at the last minute and then served over shoestring potatoes, was noteworthy enough to merit a 2004 article in the New York Times.
  — Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 11 July 2017
• Many clubs have attempted to replicate that success on a shoestring budget over the years, and granted Sean Dyche has taken it to arguably new heights this season, but this was no overnight success.
  — SI.com, 29 May 2018
• Founder Stephanie Bowman, who relies on a small army of volunteers and a shoestring budget, said the donations that come over the next five weeks are what sustains organizations such as hers.
  — Kate Santich, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Nov. 2019
• In the years that followed, Petit cobbled together his own sled dog kennel on a shoestring budget with help from other mushers, some who lent him dogs and others who gave him food or helped with race costs.
  — Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Feb. 2018
• Still, the shoestring operation brings in thousands of dollars in donations from supporters around the country.
  — Jeannette Hinkle, azcentral, 17 July 2019
• American lawyer Charlie, director of a shoestring nonprofit called the Refugee Relief Project, is less scrupulous.
  — Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times, 14 July 2017
• Asia Chances are your backpacking days are long behind you, and the idea of sharing a hostel with a handful of shoestring-budget travelers probably sounds more like a nightmare than a once-in-a-lifetime rite of passage.
  — Ian Centrone, Esquire, 9 Jan. 2018
• In Greater Cincinnati, a mighty, mostly volunteer needle-exchange effort on a shoestring budget started in 2014.
  — Terry Demio, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2019
• Unai Emery and the Arsenal hierarchy are on a mission solve the Gunners' defensive problems this summer but have to do so on a relative shoestring budget of just £45m.
  — SI.com, 27 June 2019
• My shoestring butternut squash spirals burned, whereas baby carrots, Dang says, are ideal.
  — NBC News, 6 Apr. 2018
• The vessel at The Mart Dock in downtown Muskegon is now a dedicated memorial and community center, run on a shoestring budget with small tax-deductible donations.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 24 May 2018
• The camera-friendly, if hapless, Troncone also packs — at times overpacks — his portrait with Neapolitan color and background, forays into his shoestring existence over five-plus years of shooting, and lessons in the human condition.
  — latimes.com, 6 June 2019
• Pittman-McGee, with a shoestring budget, also embodies a recent shift in social services in Milwaukee and a few other American communities.
  — John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2018
• But as the British colony grew rich over the following decades, so did Cathay, transforming from a swashbuckling shoestring operation into a carrier of regional, then international, renown.
  — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2019
• Rhys Hoskins made a shoestring catch in left field and dragged his glove across the grass.
  — Matt Gelb, Philly.com, 27 Aug. 2017
• Kaline tried for a shoestring catch or a trap but failed both ways.
  — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2019
• Get stuffed on a shoestring budget with zero fast food guilt.
  — kansascity, 11 Dec. 2017
• Fries come two ways, cut traditional or shoestring style, for a $2.35 add-on.
  — Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 9 Aug. 2019

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