shoestring in English

noun
1
a small or inadequate budget.
they proved capable of producing high-quality material on a shoestring
2
a shoelace.
My fingers stumble a little as I knot the shoestring into a bow, like dancers in an unfamiliar routine.
adjective
1
(of a save or tackle in sports) near or around the ankles or feet, or just above the ground.
Over 600 individual animations are in the game, allowing everything from shoestring catches to wrap tackles.

Use "shoestring" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "shoestring" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "shoestring", or refer to the context using the word "shoestring" in the English Dictionary.

1. Mum,my shoestring separated.

2. They don't amount to a shoestring.

3. The program was run on a shoestring.

4. The film was made on a shoestring.

5. He started his business on a shoestring.

6. The agency was a shoestring operation at first.

7. The club exists on a shoestring budget.

8. The two boys traveled through Europe on a shoestring.

9. Herobear Stuffed Bear; ShoeString Benny; Astonish Films

10. The little boy was fumbling with a shoestring.

11. The British-produced film was made on a shoestring budget.

12. Bootlace is based on Shoestring as you guessed

13. This one, he admits, is a shoestring campaign.

14. It is said that Henry Ford started his business on a shoestring.

15. In the early years, the business was run on a shoestring.

16. Nearly all of our research had to be conducted on a shoestring.

17. The paper started on a shoestring, but soon had a circulation of over 000 readers.

18. Appleton was proud of having done much of his own research on a shoestring.

19. The program was run on a shoestring for years until they found a sponsor.

20. The trade was extremely competitive and the vessels were run on a shoestring resulting in many losses.

21. Animation is traditionally expensive, but with Biteable you can make Animation on a shoestring budget

22. EarthSound started on a shoestring because the founders couldn't find any investors for such a risky venture.

23. Shoestring operations include hand and bicycle delivery of membership communications produced on a generous Committee member's word processor.

24. Like many entrepreneurs on a shoestring, they are attempting to start a business while they continue to work full-time jobs.

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26. The books give all the insider know-how for staying and getting around a country on a shoestring budget.

27. Adventures on a Shoestring has been offering a variety of 90-minute weekend walking tours of New York City for 34 years.

28. 26 Adventures on a Shoestring has been offering a variety of 90-minute weekend walking tours of New York City for 34 years.

29. The center, which offers psychological services to children, teens and families, runs the grandparent-grandchild support groups on a shoestring.

30. A Bolo tie (1), also called as Bolo tie or shoestring necklace is a part of everyday fashion accessories for men and women today

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32. This article focuses on the working principle of inkle loom mechanism and takes certain kind of shoestring as an example to explain the logon chart and the way to plait the dobby chain.

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34. But this presentation from Half Assiduity Arts, a group with a shoestring budget and a wealth of optimism, is the kind of cobbled-together piece that the artists' parents might have created when they were young

35. A Bolo tie is a necktie made up of three components—a cord, cord tips, and an ornamental clasp. They are sometimes referred to as bola ties, cowboy ties, or shoestring neckties, and are the official neckties of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

36. A "shoestring Annexation" is a term used for an Annexation by a city, town or other municipality in which it acquires new territory that is contiguous to the existing territory but is only connected to it by a thin strip of land