strum
verb (used with object)
to play on (a stringed musical instrument) by running the fingers lightly across the strings.
has strummed
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present perfectof strum (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Likewise, Tomás Mayo, a familiar figure in a cowboy hat and boots who has strummed his guitar for decades along Acapulco’s beaches, has no audience for his serenades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
"Joseph has strummed a chord of emotion in some of us that is beyond the words that we normally use to describe film."
From The Verge ● Mar. 27, 2015
Patrick Dennis, the bearded Scheherazade with the eye for the Mame chance, has strummed out another night's entertainment.
From Time Magazine Archive
