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: a flat-bodied stringed instrument with a long fretted neck and usually six strings played with a pick or with the fingers
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But Townshend’s guitar and microphone cut in and out throughout.
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Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Most Americans know his name, his primacy among blues legends, and the singular identity of his beloved hollow-body Gibson guitar named Lucille.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Rain drizzled down most of the day Friday and into the early evening, but before sunset, as Kansas City shredder Samantha Fish was unleashing on guitar, the clouds parted to make way for a vibrant, double rainbow that arched over the entire box canyon.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
Soundtracking Case’s words are windswept arrangements and contagious melodies where baritone guitar, violin swells, and steady percussion crumple up feelings of dread and anxiety.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 16 Sep. 2025
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Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Most Americans know his name, his primacy among blues legends, and the singular identity of his beloved hollow-body Gibson guitar named Lucille.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Rain drizzled down most of the day Friday and into the early evening, but before sunset, as Kansas City shredder Samantha Fish was unleashing on guitar, the clouds parted to make way for a vibrant, double rainbow that arched over the entire box canyon.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
Soundtracking Case’s words are windswept arrangements and contagious melodies where baritone guitar, violin swells, and steady percussion crumple up feelings of dread and anxiety.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for guitar
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“Guitar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guitar. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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