How to Use bouzouki in a Sentence

bouzouki

noun

• The bouzouki – a long-necked stringed instrument in the same family as the lute and mandolin – is what gives Greek folk music its distinctive sound.
  — The Enquirer, 20 June 2023
• But what sets this sketch apart is its commitment to absurdity (the bouzouki soundtrack!) and two very serious performances from Cleese and Palin.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2019
• Lindley stood out on guitar, violin, banjo, lap-pedal steel and such Middle Eastern instruments as the oud, bouzouki and saz.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2023
• Merritt himself plays just about everything, including ukelele and a Greek instrument called a bouzouki.
  — Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2019
• The musicians play fiddle, Irish bouzouki, mandolin, accordion, guitar, banjo and baroque recorders.
  — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• The streets are winding, the boutiques sell colorful cotton dresses and crisp linen shirts, and emanating from here and there is distinctly Greek pop music, full of trebly bouzouki sounds and minor key warblings.
  — Adam Gopnik, Town & Country, 20 May 2019
• Guitars, mandolin, fiddle, bouzouki, harmonica, whistles, bodhrans, banjo and good humor are all part of the entertainment.
  — courant.com, 30 Sep. 2019
• The musicians are as versatile as the actors, seamlessly switching from keyboards to accordion and strumming everything from eclectic guitar to bouzouki.
  — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 12 July 2019
• Each Lad is a multi-instrumentalist, and the combined lineup includes fiddle, button accordion, tenor banjo, flute, whistle, guitar, bouzouki, Uilleann pipes, 5-string banjo, concertina, and bodhran.
  — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 10 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024