How to Use air guitar in a Sentence

air guitar

noun
  • And just how many hours of machete air guitar can one man play?
    — EW.com, 9 Nov. 2023
  • And plays the kind of air guitar that puts Tom Cruise to shame.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2020
  • While your results may vary, all of these models also double as an air guitar or dance partner.
    — Popular Science, 9 June 2020
  • As the video ended, the actor held Mauz up and pretended to play him like an air guitar.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • Flowers even played air guitar to his own band, hamming it up the way Las Vegas boys do.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
  • One sack was even celebrated by using the quarterback’s leg as an air guitar.
    — David Wilson Diehards, ajc, 8 Oct. 2017
  • Jeff Cook launched legions of air guitar-playing young men, rocking out to… well… country music.
    — Holly Gleason, Variety, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Once the ball lands on the course, Kelce turns to the camera, picks up his golf club like an air guitar, and starts singing along to Swift's lyrics.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
  • No air guitars here, more an electric ladyland of virtuosos of every stripe; male, female, old and young.
    — Houston Chronicle, 28 May 2018
  • Jill Vogel pulled out her angry air guitar and played a greatest hits of racial and gender innuendo.
    — Jason Johnson, The Root, 9 Oct. 2017
  • There will be magicians, fire spinners, an air guitar competition, kids zone and vendors.
    — Houston Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2020
  • Our hearts sing the blues and play air guitar for the loss of Alabama’s legendary 'Gip’ Gipson.
    — J.d. Crowe | [email protected], al, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Filthy Fingers — plays an air guitar solo during the grand finale performance.
    — Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2023
  • But as soon as one of the directors calls cut, Hemsworth breaks into a grin, miming an air guitar and squeegeeing water off his face with his hands.
    — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 15 June 2023
  • Two TVs played a loop of his signature moments, like the late broadcaster’s air guitar warm up routine.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Melin, who won the 2013 world title by swinging his air guitar behind his back, Kip Winger style.
    — April White, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
  • With his literal right hand man Steve Stevens shredding solos beside him, Idol played air guitar and swayed to his hits.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 26 May 2026
  • Trust me, in the ‘70s and ‘80s, Mexico was not a friendly place to practice your rock star moves or even air guitar.
    — Alan Hernández Pastén, SPIN, 2 Mar. 2023
  • People jammed out on air guitar shovels; one team started a cookout and everyone gathered around the grill for a short intermission from the frigid night.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Prospective plans for the store include a skateboard deck art display with pieces from Tony Hawk and others and an air guitar contest with rock star judges.
    — Ben Brazil, Daily Pilot, 14 Dec. 2017
  • The contestants sang, danced, played piano, strummed air guitar, worked hand puppets, mimicked singer Jason Mraz, and much more.
    — Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Pete Alonso pulled into second base and wind-milled his big arm — a little air guitar on center stage at Citi Field.
    — Mike Fitzpatrick, Star Tribune, 5 July 2021
  • After watching his ball sail away, the Ohio native walks toward the camera and, using his club as an air guitar, starts dancing and singing along to the pre-chorus.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Audience members can also get in on the action, cheering (or booing) the air guitar players on their cross-country journey to the nationals.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
  • But only air guitar has also become an international spectator sport.
    — April White, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
  • Nina is the central character, a young woman embarking upon her first air guitar competition.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Behind her, people follow her moves in joyously chaotic ways — some burst into air guitar solos, while others let out the occasional primal scream.
    — Melinda Fulmer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Grease reenactments, air guitar, and disco numbers abound — which is surprising, especially for performers established in the street dance world.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Korea’s Kim Seon-yeong and Sweden’s Isabella Wranå pretended their brooms were air guitars.
    — Zack Pierce, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • In the 30-second commercial, silver-haired actors are shown engaged in activities like playing air guitar, riding a horse and posing in a nude photo shoot.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2022

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