strumming

Example Sentences

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As they shot the breeze, McCartney started strumming.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

“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

Rikk remembers coming home from school and strumming heavy, pissed-off chords on a family guitar.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

I begin strumming the melancholy tune on my guitar, and after a while, I say, “Teach me more of that song you sang for me the other day.”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar