- present participle of strum.
strumming
Example Sentences
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From the opening title track, we get quiet-to-loud structures with ominous minor-key guitar strumming that explodes on choruses, becoming saturated with distortion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
“It has none of those elements one sees so often: festivals of wrought iron, little Juliet balconies, guitars strumming in every corner,” he recalled in his 1998 interview.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
I groaned as strumming Spanish guitars played underneath a cheerful introduction welcoming me to the “Jewel of the Missions” — a slogan that boosters coined decades ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
As they shot the breeze, McCartney started strumming.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
After strumming a few chords, Country Joe opened with a plaintive lost-love song, “Janis,” he’d written after a breakup with singer Janis Joplin.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
