acoustic guitar
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Over a lightly strummed acoustic guitar, she describes a desire to get off the grid and return to wide-open spaces.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Most of the songs from “Born to Run” were composed on that spinet piano, but the title track found its origins on that acoustic guitar in his bedroom.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026
He also learned to play acoustic guitar with the help of another inmate.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026
The acoustic guitar “doesn’t just provide a musical accompaniment to the social and political history of the United States,” as Mr. Stubbings says, but “is at its heart.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
His old acoustic guitar was left behind, where it got kicked on angry birthdays.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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