How to Use banjo in a Sentence

banjo

noun

• In a shadowy crevasse, a red-nosed clown strummed a banjo in the dark.
  — New York Times, 23 Sep. 2021
• The banjo player had almost lost his house in the fires.
  — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2022
• The next slide featured a clip of the Pink Panther star flexing his skills on the banjo.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
• Oh, and if a speaker goes over time, they get cut off with the sound of banjo music.
  — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 31 July 2023
• In much of the work, the orchestra acts as Giddens’ banjo.
  — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
• Daniels, who's been seen on many local stages, learned banjo to play this role, no small trick.
  — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2022
• Though performed on guitar, the songs were written on the banjo.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 4 May 2022
• But Black artists have long influenced the genre — starting with the banjo.
  — Janay Kingsberry, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
• Just think of the opening scene where clapping horse hooves merge with the delicate strum of a banjo.
  — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2023
• His father worked a farm and played banjo and fiddle at barn dances and other events.
  — New York Times, 12 July 2021
• Before drums, Watts attempted to learn to play the banjo.
  — Kristin McGrath, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2021
• Isaac had arranged it so that a couple people would just appear with a hat on and a banjo.
  — Ryan Reed, SPIN, 21 Mar. 2022
• He will be backed by two guitarists that double on banjo and mandolin.
  — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2022
• As Rose struggles with the tune, Phil slowly moves through the house to get his banjo and then mocks her by playing the song from memory.
  — Karen Idelson, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022
• His parents worked on Pullman train cars, and his father played banjo in a country band and died when Mr. Lay was 2.
  — Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
• But for him, playing the banjo has become an act of reclamation.
  — Adam Bradley Justin French, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
• Giddens often plays what looks like the original five-string banjo (it might have been planed by hand).
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022
• His father played banjo and piano, and, in a house filled with music, Ian played guitar and piano.
  — New York Times, 15 Feb. 2022
• Long is a multi-instrumentalist, and came to the audition with a bodhran – an Irish drum – and a banjo.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Aug. 2022
• But then, there are moments where the piano is played like the banjo, lines that sound a little more like American folk music.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 24 Nov. 2021
• Mandolin, fiddle and banjo music can be heard most days.
  — Alex Traub, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2022
• The number exhibits inspirational lyrics — and a nod to the singers' religious beliefs, backed by strums on the banjo and bows on the fiddle.
  — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 12 Aug. 2021
• Or an encounter with a person at a party who desperately wants to talk about the banjo.
  — Janay Kingsberry, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
• Montana, the movie sees Cumberbatch strum his instrument of choice — a banjo — throughout the film.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2022
• His parents worked on Pullman train cars and his father played banjo in a country band but died before Lay was 2.
  — al, 7 Feb. 2022
• The streets of Allston Thursday were full of people, who found everything from desks to mattresses — and even a banjo.
  — Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2022
• Over the years, he's helped put half a million dollars into the banjo community.
  — Janaya Wecker, Town & Country, 9 Sep. 2022
• The film opens with Colman Domingo’s Mister riding in on horseback playing the banjo.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 Dec. 2023
• In another scene, Rose is practicing the piano and Phil enters the house, goes upstairs to his room and taunts her through his sounds and with his banjo playing.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2022
• So too is the period music, much of it specified by Hansberry, some of it played live by Isaac on banjo.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024