How to Use guitar in a Sentence

guitar

noun
  • Just him, his guitar and the stage.
    — Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Kee sings lead and plays rhythm guitar.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2026
  • For me, the song starts with just a guitar.
    — Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 10 June 2026
  • Those songs, those guitar tones.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Sanders tuned his guitar a full step down to meet the mood.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025
  • And that guitar lead is a real live wire.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • My buddy taught me how to play guitar.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
  • That song starts off with a little guitar line.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Myke hands her her acoustic guitar and gives her a kiss.
    — Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
  • On one stoop, a man gently plucked a guitar.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Rapp also plays guitar in a school band.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Wendy came to sing and strum her battered guitar.
    — Allegra Goodman, Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Tell me about the appeal of the guitar to you so young.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The guitar always stayed in the back of my mind, though.
    — Aj Dicosimo, SPIN, 11 May 2026
  • Six pillars of life to go along with six guitar strings.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
  • To most fans, his guitar work came second.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Yet here was a person with an idea, a guitar, and a dream.
    — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Even the shot of them without the guitar would’ve been cool.
    — Alison Weinflash, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2026
  • My dad bought me an acoustic guitar.
    — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
  • Like, how is that even real for a kid that wants to play guitar?
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Grohl sings over a driving guitar line.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Well, by the end of the movie, the guitar has become a weapon.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2026
  • All four were all smiles in the image, as one played a guitar.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
  • What hasn’t changed is his sharp, stinging guitar work.
    — Thor Christensen, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The first surprise song, the guitar one, was … none of these!
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The guitar becomes part of him.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 1 May 2026
  • There’s even electric guitar on the track.
    — Kat Bein, SPIN, 21 May 2026
  • His father played bass and guitar.
    — Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • The town got its first place to hang out, sit with a laptop or strum a guitar.
    — Calvin Woodward, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Jan. 2022
  • But Rich alone is a very unique guitar player.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026

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