How to Use harp in a Sentence

harp

1 of 2 noun
  • Clear, like the head of Brian Boru’s harp.
    — Patricia Lockwood, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Add a miniature harp or lyre to complete the vision.
    — Ella Cerón, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Skimpy dresses do not play well with harps, cellos and basses.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
  • This harp is just 33 inches tall and weighs less than seven pounds.
    — Allen Foster, chicagotribune.com, 19 Dec. 2020
  • In his voice there were fiery pillars and crackling skies, not harps and halos.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Garland, who wore a vibrant red dress, matched her harp made of translucent red resin.
    — Elizabeth Myong, Dallas News, 1 June 2023
  • Keyes loves visiting her local lamp store to add a new shade or even a new harp and finial.
    — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 29 Jan. 2026
  • New to this stage is Lissette Ryan, who blends her tales with tunes on her harp.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2022
  • Christian Cano pulled his harp to the front of the stage and made his fingers dance on the strings.
    — Cecilia Ballí, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
  • After the song wraps with a sweet harp, the clip zooms into a burning fire at the altar.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The harp is not an instrument of slyness, wryness, or the earth.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Hers is a concert harp, which delivers a warm, well-rounded sound.
    — J. Nailah Avery, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2021
  • Evans plays the harp at weddings, services, teas and other private events.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2022
  • There’s even a playable purple harp here, and on nearly all surfaces, bright faux coral and shells add to the theme.
    — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2023
  • More than 300 guests stood at the start of a harp processional.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Other effects include the whine of a mouth organ and slaps of piano and harp strings.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 22 June 2023
  • By returning to her harp, Devi is letting go of some of her white-hot grief.
    — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2021
  • See the toucan, harp, seal and the holiday keg tree made from over 250 kegs.
    — John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Speaking of the women in his stellar backing band, who added fiddle, harp – yes, harp!
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2023
  • This harp has eight nylon strings, a tuning tool, and is only 15 inches tall.
    — Allen Foster, chicagotribune.com, 19 Dec. 2020
  • And then there was Harpo, the gentle soul who played the harp and never spoke a word - until now.
    — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 16 June 2026
  • There were several viola and flautists but just 1 hand went up for someone who plays the harp.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Fitzgerald’s dress featured a plunging neckline, while Tran’s harp suit had cutouts at the waist.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2021
  • As a harp’s gentle notes filled the room, Clark-Dickey picked up a bright red Sharpie.
    — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 9 Jan. 2022
  • The score is a comical barrage of harp strums, as if heaven’s angels have gotten good and drunk.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • There was tea, a harp player, good music and lots of photos taken by the bride-to-be and her bridesmaids…to-be.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Live harp music will play leading up to totality.
    — Maya Silver, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Deer turns harp session into a Disney movie Bambi, is that you?
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 27 May 2022
  • Caleb plays guitar, vihuela, guitarrón, and harp.
    — Nancy M. Preyor-Johnson, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Some of them resemble harp strings, waterfalls or even the rings around Saturn.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Jan. 2022

harp

2 of 2 verb
  • Williams and his staff are likely to harp long and loud about that in the days to come.
    — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2021
  • Boylen has harped on the team’s poor spacing before and brought up again.
    — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Maybe her parents harped on food and weight for her entire childhood and this is her fight song.
    — Carolyn Hax, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2019
  • So, really harped on having a lot of chip help with the running backs.
    — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Too many managers harp on weaknesses or problems that their staff need to fix.
    — Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • The biggest thing that everyone has harped on has been the cash payments.
    — Alvin Melathe, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Just all of us, just harping on it, just how to play better defense overall.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2019
  • The world’s biggest food companies harp on about the need to come up with new products.
    — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2019
  • The strength coaches aren't sitting there harping on them to do a post workout stretch.
    — oregonlive, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The themes that protesters pointed to were often ones that Trump has harped on.
    — Michael Scherer, Time, 17 Aug. 2017
  • When coaches harp on execution, that seems to be a big factor.
    — David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Brian Dodds said the team has to finish strong and have been harping on that in their practices.
    — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • But Matt doesn't believe in harping on the drawbacks of farming.
    — Javonte Anderson, Post-Tribune, 2 June 2017
  • The ball caught nothing but backboard, which Calipari harped upon postgame.
    — Hayes Gardner, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2020
  • To harp on repeatedly about the worst aspect of a sport is rather ludicrous.
    — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 25 June 2018
  • As for the remaining risks and naysayers and resisters, there’s not a lot left to harp about, adds Shear.
    — Peter Lane Taylor, Forbes, 7 May 2022
  • No need to harp on accuracy for a sci-fi crime noir story set in the year 2071!
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 8 June 2021
  • Pointed out a few of the other elements that were going on with plays people have been harping on all week.
    — Paul Dehner Jr., Cincinnati.com, 29 Sep. 2017
  • There was something to harp on, 21 turnovers, but Georgetown only scored 12 points off them.
    — Dom Amore, courant.com, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Head coach Steve Kerr praises his strengths instead of harping on his weaknesses.
    — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Staios harped numerous times about building toward being a contender.
    — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
  • But instead of harping upon the very fashionable past, why not look into a more diverse future?
    — Devon Ivie, Glamour, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Cecil harped constantly on his wandering eyes.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Continue to harp on it, continue to keep showing film, continue to keep working on it and get better.
    — Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • To embrace the positives instead of harping on the negatives.
    — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The polls said otherwise, as did the pundits who kept harping on Moulton being too ambitious.
    — Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Rivers is forever harping on a core NFL truth that small details decide games and seasons.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The piece opens with agitated flourishes in the guitar and harp that build to a sudden exclamation.
    — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2020
  • But Mack's bread-and-butter is man-to-man, harping on the importance of defensive rebounding.
    — Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, though, continued to harp on Peters' overall voice on the field.
    — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2017

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'harp.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: