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
A man mourns the loss of his dead celebrity mom, who unexpectedly appears before him as a hologram in his childhood home, singing and strumming a guitar.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 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
As he sat on his couch, strumming a newly learned instrument and figuring out what he wanted to say, he was transported to being a college student at Pittsburgh’s Point Park University.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025
In fact, nearly every inn, tavern, and boarding house had some manner of musician strumming, singing, or piping in the background.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
