Example Sentences

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And from the off, he was untethered from the stage, running up and down the crowd barriers to pose for selfies, clasp people's hands, hand out plectrums and read their signs.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2023

In one talked-about case last year, an unemployed Finn called Christian was caught carving and selling wooden guitar plectrums.

From The Guardian • Oct. 31, 2017

Cake decorations, coat-hanger size cubes and guitar plectrums were their tat of choice.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2012

Corresponding with changes in daily sunlight, solar photocells in the tree canopy trigger low-voltage charges, activating plectrums that pluck wire strings within the body of the sculpture.

From The Guardian • Sep. 3, 2010

No one could adjust the quill plectrums of his Harpsichord to Bach's satisfaction; he always did it himself.

From Johann Sebastian Bach by Forkel, Johann Nikolaus