strum
verb (used with object)
to play on (a stringed musical instrument) by running the fingers lightly across the strings.
strummed
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past participleof strum.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof strum.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
strumverb (used with object)to play on (a stringed musical instrument) by running the fingers lightly across the strings.
Example Sentences
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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Monday strummed on a guitar and also went to a shopping mall destroyed by a Russian strike as he visited Kyiv to show his country's support for Ukraine.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
“Stay on That” is one of the slinkier numbers on the album, with rapidly strummed guitars and a wah-wah squawk that recalls Isaac Hayes’s “Theme From Shaft.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Instead, a good 50% of the tracks retreat to safer ground - slowly strummed songs of devotion, packed with valentine card sentiments.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
As Petty strummed the chords to his future FM radio staple “Don’t Do Me Like That,” Campbell told Petty, “I’d give my right arm if I could write a song like that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025
He could almost feel the vibrations of the grunts that thumped and strummed like a bass.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
