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strumming

verb as in tweak

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He seemed to be here, there, everywhere, sitting under a tree softly strumming his guitar.

In his introduction Wolcott admits to “going soft” lately, to “becoming a more loving, caring, dulcimer-strumming individual.”

But there was also singing and guitar strumming and—inevitably—a circle dance.

I take brief breaks from writing, 2-3 minutes, by strumming badly on a guitar.

These pieces show Christov-Bakargiev wearing her Apollo hat and strumming the lyre too loudly.

The accompaniment was a simple strumming on a harp of very few strings, and was hardly more than the beating of time.

From a corner came the notes of a piano-organ strumming out a stirring march of Rossini's.

It shows the true Spain, and not merely the conventional one of strumming guitars and jingling mule bells.

He contented himself with strumming a melancholy air on his guitar: you know that is his resource in embarrassing circumstances.

Sard, strumming a few chords on the piano, looked thoughtfully at her aunt.

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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to strumming, such as: plunk, pluck, and pick.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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