strum

Example Sentences

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"I've wanted to take up the guitar ever since I seen my granda play. I was only six or seven when I started trying to strum his guitar."

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

He began at midday on Wednesday and with a plan to strum his last chord at 18:00 BST on Thursday, he could end up beating the previous official record by six hours.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025

Ever since a couple of bandmates were late to rehearsal a decade earlier, when DeBardi first realized he could strum a guitar and strike a drum in the same motion, he’d occasionally performed solo.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2024

At the 1969 Montreal recording of “Give Peace a Chance,” only two acoustic guitars strum along.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2023

His brother begins to strum the guitar with what looks like skill but sounds to Cullen like nothing but silence.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley