How to Use guitar in a Sentence

guitar

noun
  • That was me and Steve Fromholz on the two guitars on that.
    Corbin Reiff, SPIN, 31 May 2023
  • In the next slide, the youngest Beckham brother played a guitar as the sun set.
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Like, how is that even real for a kid that wants to play guitar?
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2023
  • An amp is moved into the middle of the crowd; a guitar player appears in the middle of the crowd by the sink.
    Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
  • In the next slide, the Sour songstress shared a video of the stunning duet, which was backed only by Crow on acoustic guitar.
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The man googled the guitar and found a video of a musician playing the same guitar in a nightclub in Japan.
    Peter Larsen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Two of his aunts taught music, and a younger brother played guitar.
    John Blake, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Gone was the visor and clipboard, replaced with a guitar and mic.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 24 May 2023
  • Chad, who is right-handed, could never play the guitar very well.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The fliers’ flute can barely be heard over the clash of violins, drums and guitars below.
    Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Sometimes when my own voice is failing me, my guitar can say it for me.
    Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The event kicked off with a live performance from Waters singing and playing the guitar with his rock band.
    Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Playing guitar was out of the question after the singer broke his finger.
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2023
  • It was accomplished by plucking guitar strings that were fed through the car.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 9 June 2023
  • In the video, Bingham lays across Harrison on the couch and plays the guitar as both of them sing an unreleased song.
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023
  • After a stroke in the late 2010s, Rodriguez lost his ability to sing and play guitar.
    Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • All my great uncles played fiddles and guitar in bars all over Austin.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2023
  • The guitar is from Guilherme Monteiro, who’s been touring with me.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The show makes an analogy between the body of a guitar and that of a woman, although Pericet dances in a man’s suit, too.
    Brian Seibert, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • For all of these women, rock is more than just bringing in a thicker bass line or more guitars.
    Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Long, square, and sparkling, Swift’s nails were a fairly off-brand choice for the superstar, who tends to keep them short (likely to play the guitar).
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The artist, who had a guitar sticking out of her backpack and had been on her way to visit a friend, was easy to track on CCTV cameras.
    Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • For the song, Rothman picked up their first instrument, the guitar, and sat down for a session with Isbell.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Fennell has played this song around the world, usually on guitar.
    Lauren Ballantyne, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2023
  • We’re used to seeing Rossdale onstage and in music videos with a guitar in his hand.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 5 May 2023
  • Following them was The Maine, which stunned with lights, guitar solos, and involved crowd work.
    Candi Bolden, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2024
  • But heavy metal — with its slashing guitar vibrations and grungy lyrics — doesn’t do the same.
    Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • People have been saying the whole time that her drumming was simplistic, but the band was just guitar and drums.
    Melissa Giannini, ELLE, 1 June 2023
  • There was a bass player, guitar player, singer and drummer.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Robertson, who plays guitar on the song, was a prime mover for The Band, a colleague of Bob Dylan, a successful solo artist and more.
    Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 10 Aug. 2023

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