How to Use air guitar in a Sentence

air guitar

noun

• And plays the kind of air guitar that puts Tom Cruise to shame.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2020
• All that's missing here is a quick strum of his air guitar.
  — Dakota Crawford, Indianapolis Star, 7 June 2018
• Full on air guitar, singing at the top of her lungs, that is what’s happening...
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 5 Aug. 2020
• Our hearts sing the blues and play air guitar for the loss of Alabama’s legendary 'Gip’ Gipson.
  — J.d. Crowe | [e-mail], al, 30 Dec. 2019
• Trust me, in the ‘70s and ‘80s, Mexico was not a friendly place to practice your rock star moves or even air guitar.
  — Alan Hernández Pastén, SPIN, 2 Mar. 2023
• Melin, who won the 2013 world title by swinging his air guitar behind his back, Kip Winger style.
  — April White, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
• During a lull between points, Aiko Jones played air guitar.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 5 Dec. 2021
• Memphis junior Lester Quinones keeps his air guitar handy.
  — Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2022
• Buffalo’s mascot, Victor E. Bull, danced and played air guitar and tossed T-shirts into the stands.
  — Greg Bishop, SI.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• Prospective plans for the store include a skateboard deck art display with pieces from Tony Hawk and others and an air guitar contest with rock star judges.
  — Ben Brazil, Daily Pilot, 14 Dec. 2017
• Rob Gronkowski gets a lot of things right in life: beach attire, beer funnels, air guitar, playing football.
  — Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 30 Jan. 2018
• Two TVs played a loop of his signature moments, like the late broadcaster’s air guitar warm up routine.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021
• While your results may vary, all of these models also double as an air guitar or dance partner.
  — Popular Science, 9 June 2020
• Jeff Cook launched legions of air guitar-playing young men, rocking out to… well… country music.
  — Holly Gleason, Variety, 9 Nov. 2022
• The contestants sang, danced, played piano, strummed air guitar, worked hand puppets, mimicked singer Jason Mraz, and much more.
  — Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2021
• Anderson, 34, as usual, is passing the time with one of his favorite hobbies: air guitar.
  — Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, 27 June 2018
• Pete Alonso pulled into second base and wind-milled his big arm — a little air guitar on center stage at Citi Field.
  — Mike Fitzpatrick, Star Tribune, 5 July 2021
• Jill Vogel pulled out her angry air guitar and played a greatest hits of racial and gender innuendo.
  — Jason Johnson, The Root, 9 Oct. 2017
• One sack was even celebrated by using the quarterback’s leg as an air guitar.
  — David Wilson Diehards, ajc, 8 Oct. 2017
• No air guitars here, more an electric ladyland of virtuosos of every stripe; male, female, old and young.
  — Houston Chronicle, 28 May 2018
• The Waukesha one features a Waukesha firetruck that has musical notes painted on it, a fireman playing air guitar to pay homage to Les Paul, and a kid using a bucket as a drum.
  — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2019
• People jammed out on air guitar shovels; one team started a cookout and everyone gathered around the grill for a short intermission from the frigid night.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Mar. 2020
• So what if the scripts can be schmaltzy, the performances on the hammy side, and The Holiday contains one of the most grating scenes ever committed to film in Winslet’s smug morning air guitar session?
  — Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2022
• An oversize man in loafers aggressively played air guitar.
  — Jenna Wortham, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
• Filthy Fingers — plays an air guitar solo during the grand finale performance.
  — Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2023
• There will be magicians, fire spinners, an air guitar competition, kids zone and vendors.
  — Houston Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2020
• In the 30-second commercial, silver-haired actors are shown engaged in activities like playing air guitar, riding a horse and posing in a nude photo shoot.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2022
• Behind her, people follow her moves in joyously chaotic ways — some burst into air guitar solos, while others let out the occasional primal scream.
  — Melinda Fulmer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022
• Grease reenactments, air guitar, and disco numbers abound — which is surprising, especially for performers established in the street dance world.
  — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2022
• From its cheesy singalong chorus to that bombastic air guitar solo, Starship's third chart-topper is poles apart from the politicized psych-rock of their earlier incarnation, Jefferson Airplane.
  — Jon O'Brien, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 28 Aug 2024