How to Use zither in a Sentence

zither

noun

• QIN (n): A Chinese zither, with strings stretched across a flat box.
  — Daniel Donahoo, WIRED, 9 May 2011
• The 60-string bandura is a zither-like instrument with a crystalline tone.
  — Mark Rapp, cleveland.com, 11 Jan. 2018
• Composer Anton Karas played the entire thing on the zither.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2020
• Some of the best folk and Americana artists have performed on the venue’s stage, beneath a dusty banjo and a trumpet in a low building where zithers and harps were once made.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2019
• She was survived by her son Walter who was a vocalist, voice teacher and zither player.
  — Lauren Young, oregonlive, 17 Oct. 2020
• At this rate, everyone will soon be pairing their Batsheva dresses with a zither.
  — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2019
• Patented in the 1920s, the odd, if not rare instrument, supposedly combines features of both a ukele (though more likely a zither) and a violin.
  — Annie Gentile, Courant Community, 19 Sep. 2017
• But near the end of the show, our waitress donned a traditional gown and played the 21-string gayageum, a kind of zither dating back to medieval times, when her Korean ancestors reigned over part of what is now China.
  — Brook Larmer, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2017
• Modern readers are more intelligent, but just for the stragglers, a zither is a flat, stringed instrument, like a guitar with a shallower sound box and no neck.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2022
• The Girl with the Flaxen Hair between themselves, vocalist Alexander scraped a baby-blue hair pick along the strings of a dulcimer (a type of zither) and all three clacked hair straighteners and threw curlers at each other, among other actions.
  — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 20 Oct. 2020
• Guzheng, also known as a Chinese zither, is an ancient Chinese musical instrument.
  — Houston Chronicle, 28 May 2018
• One writes, one paints, one plays the zither in order to perfect one’s character, to attain moral fulfillment by ensuring that one’s individual humanity is in harmony with the rhythms of universal creation.
  — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2019
• Kim has expanded the instrument’s associations by playing an electric amplified version of the zither, writing pieces for large multi-instrumental ensembles and cross-cultural collaborations.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 7 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024