- present participle of strum.
strumming
Example Sentences
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From the opening title track, we get quiet-to-loud structures with ominous minor-key guitar strumming that explodes on choruses, becoming saturated with distortion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The singer said he was in a Miami hotel while writing the song, strumming his guitar and admiring the coastal view.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
“It has none of those elements one sees so often: festivals of wrought iron, little Juliet balconies, guitars strumming in every corner,” he recalled in his 1998 interview.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Chip falls in with a troupe of street performers, evades the police, juggles along the Seine and eventually wanders into a smoky bar, where Penelope is strumming her guitar.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
I recognize one of Mustafa’s friends playing the alto saxophone and a boy from his basketball team strumming the bass guitar.
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
