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Example sentences for "strummed"

Lexicographically close words:
struggling; strugglings; strugling; struk; strum; strumming; strumous; strumpet; strumpets; strung
  1. At that dramatic moment, to substantiate his statement, the raucous voice, accompanied by resounding chords strummed on a banjo, sounded again.

  2. Doctor Lanning, on a cushion, strummed his banjo.

  3. She wanted to hear the darky tunes he had strummed at the desert campfire, and making him eat of the chocolates, picked meantime at the banjo herself.

  4. But the cavalier—when not smoking the eternal cigarito—strummed his guitar and sang all the love-songs he knew.

  5. The musicians fiddled and strummed in the pavilion at the top of the court.

  6. José still strummed softly upon the guitar, a pleasant undertone to the voices.

  7. The young man whom she addressed as José rose negligently and greeted them punctiliously; seated himself again, picked up a guitar and strummed a minor chord lazily.

  8. He strummed softly, swaying to the rhythm of what he played.

  9. Now and then the man strummed on the violin and chuckled to himself.

  10. He blew into it softly and at the same time gently strummed the three strings stretching the length of the instrument.

  11. Delicately, he strummed the three strings of the blowstring with his long-nailed fingers, softly he pursed his frail lips and blew expertly into the mouthpiece.

  12. Saxon took her long-neglected ukulele from its case and strummed it into tune.

  13. After which Evelyn explained to Charley that Mr. Carroll was the wonderfulest piano player in the world and David Carroll, detective, strummed out several popular airs while the youngsters danced.

  14. He informed her that the jazz music she had strummed was simply "glorious" and that he regretted he knew very little popular stuff.

  15. That worthy gentleman was perfectly mad: he bounded like a wild colt, and strummed his guitar furiously.

  16. The latter had ferreted out a three-corded guitar which was in the hut, and strummed away at the same tune for hours together--no doubt to the great pleasure of the boy, although to us it was quite the reverse.

  17. He sang, strummed on his guitar, and danced--often doing all three at the same time.

  18. Wherefore the Duke betook him to his lute, And strummed until the chattering crowd was mute.

  19. After dinner they took possession of the parlor, and while one strummed fitfully upon the ailing hotel piano, the rest talked, and talked shop, of course, as all of us do when several of a trade are got together.

  20. He strummed it, and murmured the tune Dryfoos had heard him singing from the library, while he kept his beautiful eyes floating on Christine's.

  21. One negro began chanting while the other strummed carelessly on the guitar.

  22. The guitar strummed in a crooning rag-time for a moment.

  23. His voice was confidential and soft, and the guitar strummed to the same sobbing rag-time.

  24. The rest found comfortable positions near at hand, and, having strummed a while, Rod struck into “The Spanish Cavalier.

  25. For a time Grant strummed on his guitar; but, somehow, they were not in the mood for singing, and when they finally grew weary of story-telling and chatting they went to bed.

  26. Far into the night guitars strummed with melancholy plaint.

  27. Far into the night guitars strummed with melancholy plaint, accompanied by hand-clapping and the click of castanets.

  28. In one end of the salon some gypsies strummed their guitars, intoning melancholy songs.

  29. She strummed on her piano all day long, for want of anything else to do, or from affectation, or because it gave her pleasure.


  30. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "strummed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.