strumming
Example Sentences
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“Too many people that don’t know Mississippi think of it as a river, steamboats and some old guy strumming a banjo on a broken porch,” says Mr. Carswell.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
Women wearing long wigs and ornate traditional dresses milled around a pebbled courtyard, stopping to snap photos under a pavilion, as the melodious strumming of the Chinese zither played in the background.
From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025
Toward the end of the six-minute song, Chalamet strode into the shadows and reemerged with an acoustic guitar in hand, strumming it for a moment before smashing it to bits as Dylan’s song concluded.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025
In the old days, you’re there strumming a chord, everyone’s playing something, you walk up to the mic and it just comes out.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024
None of us is talking; we’re all just trying on a bass, holding it, strumming it.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
