How to Use ukulele in a Sentence

ukulele

noun
  • So for now, there’s just one Australian singer and his ukulele.
    — Peter Rubin, WIRED, 30 May 2018
  • There will be crafts for children, and all ages can take a ukulele lesson.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • There will be crafts for children, and all ages can take a ukulele lesson.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 3 Mar. 2026
  • You are invited to bring your ukulele to sing, strum and have a good time.
    — cleveland, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Or when Kendall thinks playing her ukulele will calm the baby.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2018
  • Feel free to bring your ukulele and strum along to Beatles songs.
    — Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Its lo-fi sound, full of ukulele and tape loops, fit squarely in the era’s analog ideals.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
  • And who can forget the sweet sound of a ukulele flowing through the hallways?
    — Taylor McClung, ExpressNews.com, 10 June 2020
  • In a living room across the park, Chast is playing a turquoise ukulele.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2019
  • When the movie ended, the sound of a ukulele playing could be heard in the theater.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Schneider sometimes hears her up in her room, singing and strumming her ukulele.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Sportswriters of the day were charmed by the swimmer who played the ukulele and made his own surfboards.
    — Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • Guitar center will be out there with a little area set up to teach kids how to play drums and ukulele.
    — Jennifer Bolton, Houston Chronicle, 13 Aug. 2019
  • After storytime, a singer stepped in, picked up a ukulele and began to strum.
    — Dallas News, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Fret Zealot has lessons for guitar, bass guitar, and ukuleles.
    — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Schultz bolts out of the room, and Deschanel's character whips a ukulele out of thin air.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 May 2025
  • Duckworth wrote 15-page letters to friends and practiced her ukulele.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 17 Apr. 2021
  • The rooms even come with a sketchbook and ukulele for guests who want to channel their inner artist during their stay.
    — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Over the pearly accompaniment of a ukulele, the song rang out sunny and sweet.
    — Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The circle turned, catching the beginning of a tune being strummed on a ukulele.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • By this time, of course, Snooks had graduated from the ukulele to the guitar.
    — NOLA.com, 18 June 2017
  • Learn Hawaiian phrases and to dance hula, strum the ukulele or make a fresh flower lei.
    — Ben Davidson, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Items will include a ukulele that Sembroski will play in space and 66 pounds of beer hops.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Jimmy Fallon also picked up a ukulele and sang a song recapping the last few months of news.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2023
  • One of the Santas was expected to play Christmas songs on his ukulele.
    — John Sharp | [email protected], al, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Cramer sings, plays the ukulele, and plunks out some notes on a baby piano that in lesser hands could have seemed gimmicky but in theirs is not.
    — Vulture, 22 Nov. 2023
  • But the warning signs are there from the beginning, from the moment Susan pulls out that ukulele.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 June 2017
  • There’s also a 100-year-old ukulele poking out of the center console.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
  • When Brustad puts on a ukulele jam at the Ramona Library, the place is packed.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Youth ages 8-17 are invited to learn how to play the ukulele in a three-part workshop series.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023

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