How to Use chord in a Sentence

chord

noun

• The right hand is for the melody, for the string, and the left is for the rhythm, to pluck the chords.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2023
• The red flowers seemed to strike a chord with the kitchen god.
  — Hiromi Kawakami, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
• Look at what scale or chord the pipes have been tuned to, if any.
  — Kate McGregor, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2023
• Take a song and take the chords, flip ’em over backwards.
  — Jordan A. Rothacker, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2023
• For all three of us proud Latinas, the Dior thing struck a chord.
  — Marisa Tirado, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2023
• Disco Night was one song that kind of struck a chord with me.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
• Most twelve-bar blues music is based on the same three chords.
  — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
• After the last chords of the first song were played, Tech turned and looked behind him to the players.
  — J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2024
• The right chord progression can tell you where lovers stand, or who the killer is.
  — Keyaira Boone, Essence, 9 Oct. 2023
• Ryan Gosling is giving his vocal chords a rest in The Fall Guy.
  — Scott Huver, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2024
• So just seeing her up there playing with the boys struck a chord with you?
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 June 2023
• An image of Shvets from the scene of the attack struck a chord with Ukrainians across the country.
  — Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2023
• The Haim sisters also struck out their own style chord.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Apr. 2023
• Wipe down the chain or chord that the fixture hangs from with a soft, damp cloth to remove dust and debris.
  — USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
• The sight of it hit a nostalgic chord that stuck with them and sparked the idea to put up swings on their favorite trails.
  — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2024
• There’s only so many notes and very few chords used in pop music.
  — Jennifer Korn, CNN, 25 Apr. 2023
• Foxx’s salty reading of Bunker-style bigotry struck a chord, and the show had a healthy six-season run.
  — Chris Morris, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
• Not the music, not any notes, not any chord sequences, not any rhythms, not any lyrics, but the style of music.
  — Liza Lentini, Spin, 15 Aug. 2023
• The man can strum six strings and play the right chords at the right time (even if those chords are most often the classic C, G, A minor and F).
  — Joshua Medintz, The Enquirer, 10 July 2023
• The film struck a chord with audiences and has grossed $8.5 million to date, more than three times its budget.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
• Youssef’s words struck a chord, as the Israel-Hamas War is a lightning rod in Hollywood.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
• But, what were all of the ingredients that helped the series strike a chord with so many viewers?
  — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
• And George's rendition struck a chord with his grandson.
  — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2023
• Five Nights at Freddy’s is based on a cult video game of the same name, and struck a chord for Gen Z and the millennials who grew up with it.
  — Indrani Sen, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023
• Like a complex minor chord with a range that could move in any direction.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 30 Dec. 2022
• The nesting lid and chord storage make this electric popcorn maker easy to store when not in use.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2023
• But among the parents of students in Camila’s second-grade class and many others, the fund-raiser struck a chord.
  — Jay Root Victor J. Blue, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
• The poignant moment strikes a different chord from the rest of the special, as it’s dressed in minimalist style.
  — Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• But in the past few months, one particular cover has struck a chord that no one saw coming.
  — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
• The news comes just a few weeks after Aerosmith postponed six shows as a result of the injury to the rocker’s vocal chords.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024