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The archers used long bows, which required a huge amount of rotation of the spine when pulling back on the bowstring.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
The father of the siblings, who has recently died, kept a cluttered house, which must be organized for an estate and property sale, and the eldest of them, Toni, played by Paulson as tightly as a twanging bowstring, has fired the company that was meant to help.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023
Apply slight pressure to the bowstring to set your grip into place, and keep your hand relaxed throughout the shot.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2022
String the Bow Native Americans traditionally used rawhide or sinew for the bowstring, but nylon parachute cord or fishing line can work for a survival bow fashioned in the field.
—Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
Step 13: Create your final bowstring using a new length of B-50 bowstring material.
—Andrew Del-Colle, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2020
If his pre-prison projects were almost entirely freestyled, these songs are more tightly written, honoring the fallen, indicting the double-talk of the industry, powered by the energy of a bowstring being pulled back for a half-decade.
—Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
For Eric Clem, meditation comes in fitting an arrow against a bowstring, pulling his arm back and seeking a target — in the great outdoors.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
This morning, Case has been shooting practice arrows, pulling the bowstring back little by little, limbering up for the big shot that will occur in the cooler evening.
—Patrick Cooke, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Nov. 2021
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
The father of the siblings, who has recently died, kept a cluttered house, which must be organized for an estate and property sale, and the eldest of them, Toni, played by Paulson as tightly as a twanging bowstring, has fired the company that was meant to help.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023
Apply slight pressure to the bowstring to set your grip into place, and keep your hand relaxed throughout the shot.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2022
String the Bow Native Americans traditionally used rawhide or sinew for the bowstring, but nylon parachute cord or fishing line can work for a survival bow fashioned in the field.
—Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
Step 13: Create your final bowstring using a new length of B-50 bowstring material.
—Andrew Del-Colle, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2020
If his pre-prison projects were almost entirely freestyled, these songs are more tightly written, honoring the fallen, indicting the double-talk of the industry, powered by the energy of a bowstring being pulled back for a half-decade.
—Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
For Eric Clem, meditation comes in fitting an arrow against a bowstring, pulling his arm back and seeking a target — in the great outdoors.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
This morning, Case has been shooting practice arrows, pulling the bowstring back little by little, limbering up for the big shot that will occur in the cooler evening.
—Patrick Cooke, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Nov. 2021
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“Bowstring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowstring. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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bowstring
noun
bow·string
ˈbō-ˌstriŋ 
: the cord connecting the two ends of a bow
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