How to Use bouzouki in a Sentence

bouzouki

noun
  • Akrivos was noodling on a bouzouki.
    — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Attendees can learn dances and follow along to the music of the bouzouki.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Merritt himself plays just about everything, including ukelele and a Greek instrument called a bouzouki.
    — Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2019
  • The musicians play fiddle, Irish bouzouki, mandolin, accordion, guitar, banjo and baroque recorders.
    — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • And the title track features what sounds like a bouzouki riff, although it is let down by strangely disposable lyrics on what might be the least enigmatic song Morrissey has ever sung.
    — Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Lindley stood out on guitar, violin, banjo, lap-pedal steel and such Middle Eastern instruments as the oud, bouzouki and saz.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Guitars, mandolin, fiddle, bouzouki, harmonica, whistles, bodhrans, banjo and good humor are all part of the entertainment.
    — courant.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • The musicians are as versatile as the actors, seamlessly switching from keyboards to accordion and strumming everything from eclectic guitar to bouzouki.
    — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 12 July 2019
  • Tables were pushed to the perimeters of the courtyard, ceramic dishes were passed out to all diners, and once the unmistakable twang of bouzouki started blaring over the loudspeakers, the plates started flying.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
  • The streets are winding, the boutiques sell colorful cotton dresses and crisp linen shirts, and emanating from here and there is distinctly Greek pop music, full of trebly bouzouki sounds and minor key warblings.
    — Adam Gopnik, Town & Country, 20 May 2019
  • Festival attendees will be serenaded by the distinctive sounds of the bouzouki from renowned Southern California Greek band The Olympians performing traditional and popular songsthroughout the weekend.
    — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025

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