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She looked so at ease, and she was, cracking jokes with the moms in her native language and letting the kids strum on her guitar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

But the rigorous process of interviews, followed by group activities and then a 60-second showcase, sees Mr Hall cut before the chance to strum a chord in front of judges.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2024

And because the musicians play so precisely onstage — each strum in place, each groove just right — the songs differed little from the versions permanently stored in your head.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2024

Worries escalated as this new cohort of generative AI tools threatened the livelihoods of people who write, draw, strum or code for a living.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

One last strum through C major, the sound of everything being okay, and I sing the opening line: “This song is your Valentine card. In it are all the words I could never say.”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The score is a comical barrage of harp strums, as if heaven’s angels have gotten good and drunk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

Except that there aren’t any Ed Sheeran things like this: a single, unbroken camera shot of the ginger-haired English songwriter as he walks, runs, sings and strums his way around New York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

“KPop Demon Hunters” strums some the same chords in a more innocent key, swapping in a K-pop trio for Delta blues masters.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2025

He strums the guitar and softly delivers the lines:

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2024

“This sound okay, Sparrow?” she asks as she strums a chord.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

Over a lightly strummed acoustic guitar, she describes a desire to get off the grid and return to wide-open spaces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

It's used to heart-wrenching effect on their debut album, singing of the physical ache of unrequited love, over delicately strummed guitars and brushed drums.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025

As Petty strummed the chords to his future FM radio staple “Don’t Do Me Like That,” Campbell told Petty, “I’d give my right arm if I could write a song like that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025

Chalamet abandoned the Bob Dylan impression heard in the film but still strummed away at the guitar.

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2025

Walt bought Billie a Gianini guitar, on which she strummed lullabies to soothe the fussy newborn.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

It shows relatives outside a cabin, including her grandfather—a movie-star-handsome man strumming a guitar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

As they shot the breeze, McCartney started strumming.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

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

Toward the end of the six-minute song, Chalamet strode into the shadows and reemerged with an acoustic guitar in hand, strumming it for a moment before smashing it to bits as Dylan’s song concluded.

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2025

And I was carrying the ukulele, strumming nonsense.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli