strumming
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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
“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
As they shot the breeze, McCartney started strumming.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
And now the girl was standing, slinging her bag over one shoulder and marching among the tables, strumming and singing and strutting and twirling.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
