How to Use harmonica in a Sentence

harmonica

noun

• The Edge takes to the piano and Bono puffs at his harmonica.
  — Eve Barlow, Billboard, 21 May 2017
• So the low, rattling sound on the song is a bass harmonica.
  — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2021
• Come at it as God intended you to, from the side, like a harmonica, skin and all.
  — Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
• Because there are some things that cannot be played on the harmonica.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2022
• Even a wet nose can't fix this broken heart, but some harmonica and a lot of dog wails will get you through the long night.
  — Kat Bein, Billboard, 4 June 2018
• DuPré also played the anthem on the harmonica at the team's final game before the 2019 World Cup.
  — Daniel Dale, CNN, 6 July 2021
• The researcher, part of a group called DareWin that collects whale and dolphin sounds from all over the world, plays a harmonica in three tones, over and over.
  — Sophie Putka, Discover Magazine, 6 July 2021
• They'll be joined by a U.S. bassist and harmonica player at the Ravenscroft.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2021
• The harmonica and acoustic guitar are still here; so is a sense an old-fashioned folk-rock singer ain’t a bad thing to be.
  — Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2018
• Lewis sings lead and plays harmonica for his band, Huey Lewis and the News, in addition to writing or co-writing many of the band's songs.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 1 July 2021
• Playing harmonica and piano at the same time isn’t like walking and chewing gum at the same time.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2021
• Lengthy guitar riffs and harmonica solos kept the audience on their toes, even though Vos took awhile to warm up to the crowd.
  — Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2022
• Wonder learned to play piano, drums and harmonica by age nine and signed to Motown in 1961.
  — Amir Vera, CNN, 6 July 2019
• Lee Jaffe, whose photos can be seen here, worked with Bob Marley and played harmonica with the Wailers.
  — Native Wayne Jobson, Variety, 9 Nov. 2022
• Music played a large part in his life starting in Grammar school on the harmonica and later the clarinet.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 10 June 2018
• And then a beautiful sixty-one-year-old woman in tight gold pants steps onto the stage and brings a harmonica to her lips.
  — Luke Dittrich, Esquire, 19 Dec. 2011
• The band kept it loud and featured a very welcome harmonica player.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 2022
• The sound that comes out resembles the baby child of a harmonica and an accordion.
  — Matt Jancer, Wired, 2 Nov. 2020
• Then, Martin began to improvise a song about Dublin and Rob, while Rob joined in on a harmonica.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, PEOPLE.com, 10 July 2017
• Ingrid Berry-Clay, one of Chuck’s three daughters, sings and plays harmonica.
  — Jim Salter, The Seattle Times, 6 June 2017
• Maks is a moony young man who would rather jam on his harmonica than worry about the pile of bills obsessing Darja.
  — Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 9 Feb. 2018
• Myricks also tried to learn the harmonica, something else that amused his father.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 12 Mar. 2022
• Thomas sang and strummed his guitar in the black and white clip, as Bruce accompanied him on the harmonica from a nearby staircase.
  — Shafiq Najib, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2022
• At this point, Considine surprised by pulling out a harmonica and playing a few notes on it.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2022
• Burns took up the harmonica after falling in with a crowd of musicians at Wayzata High School in the early 1970s.
  — Eric Roper, Star Tribune, 28 Dec. 2020
• But channeling sometimes fails, and it’s then that the harmonica talks.
  — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2021
• Her father’s bass harmonica sits on a stand on her mantel.
  — Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 5 June 2023
• The duck call itself is a wind instrument not unlike the harmonica.
  — Author: Christine Cunningham, Alaska Dispatch News, 10 Oct. 2017
• Young stepped out in a train engineer’s cap and shades, carrying a hollow-bodied Gretsch electric, harmonica firmly placed at his lips.
  — Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
• Born in 1933 in Macclesfield, England, Mayall learned guitar, piano, and harmonica while growing up.
  — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 24 July 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024