Joan Collins

We live in a quick-fix society where we need instant gratification for everything. Too fat? Get lipo-sucked. Stringy hair? Glue on extensions. Wrinkles and lines? Head to the beauty shop for a pot of the latest miracle skin stuff. It's all a beautiful £1 billion con foisted upon insecure women by canny cosmetic conglomerates.

American Actress

Kyle MacLachlan

I have an avocado tree at my place in Los Angeles - it's the smoother-skinned one, which tends to be a little stringy. Often the birds or raccoons get the avocados before I can harvest them. I have figs, too, which are great with prosciutto, of course. I have limes and lemons, which I use to make lemonade.

American Actor

Helen Slater

I was terribly gawky, too goofy to become a high-kicking cheerleader, with stringy brown hair and bad posture. Definitely nobody noticeable!

Yotam Ottolenghi

Small okra pods have a much more attractive texture than large ones, which, when cooked, can be gloopy, stringy and totally spoil a dish.

Israeli Chef

Apolo Ohno

I tend to build bulk and muscle easily, and running seems to make sure I stay kind of stringy, if that makes sense.

American Athlete

Kourtney Kardashian

When I do my hair down, it just does not look good. It's just stringy, and it's like a hot mess.

American Celebrity

E. B. White

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then gets stringy.

American Writer

While 'stringy' can suggest poor quality, it's not always negative; it can simply describe appearance.

Not Always Negative

'Stringy' often relates to the physical attributes of objects that resemble strings or threads.

Physical Description

When used for hair, 'stringy' usually has a negative connotation, implying a need for grooming.

Negative Connotation

Describing hair as 'stringy' can suggest it's unwashed or not taken care of properly.

Suggests Neglect

When used in a culinary context, 'stringy' highlights an unpleasant, difficult-to-eat texture.

Culinary Texture

'Stringy' often indicates food that requires more effort to chew, like some cuts of meat.

Toughness Indicator

In cooking, 'stringy' suggests the food didn't turn out as desired and may be of lower quality.

Negative Food Quality

 and accurate this internal sensing system is. To filter the blood, each nephron uses two powerful pieces of a blob-like structure called a glomerulus, and a long, stringy, straw-like tubule. The glomerulus works like a sieve, allowing only certain ingredients,

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 Chemical forces between the amino acids cause these long stringy molecules to fold up into unique, three-dimensional structures. The folding process, while it looks random, is in fact very precise. Each protein folds to its characteristic shape each time,

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 across portions of the Mediterranean and Adriatic see where this video was taken this stringy mess is known as marine usage they're visible on the surface of