zither

Example Sentences

• "“And where you ever got the idea that you'd hit it off with a vampire is beyond me.” “And for your information, she's not a vampire. She just likes to dress that way.” “Oh, I'm sorry. All palid pouty people look alike to me.” “Plus, she's a very talented zither player.” “Which you know all about and love so much. [chuckles] You realize you're really gonna humiliate yourself.” “Hey thanks, man. I really needed that positive reinforcement.” “No problem. Glad to be of service. Stop by any time! Good luck on your date!”"
• "[…] the fluting began again. Not alone this time, but, to Rosalie’s infinite surprise, accompanied on a zither. […] At this moment the fluting and zithering began again."
• "We wandered and fiddled and zithered and tambourined through France till the chills and rains of autumn rendered our vagabondage less merry."
• "1999, Richard Hacken (translator), “Mary in Misery” by Peter Rosegger in Into the Sunset: Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Austrian Prose, Riverside, CA: Ariadne Press, pp. 413-414, We traveled far and wide: he played the zither while I sang an accompaniment. […] He keeps zithering, and I sing like before, and before long we’ve put together a pretty good pile of money . . ."
• "c. 1890, May Ostlere, Dead! London: Trischler, Chapter 3, p. 76, Now [the wind] swithered through the badly-fixed windows, making zithering sounds as of an army of cold and frozen-out mosquitoes […]"
• "The olives seemed weighed down under the weight of their fruit, smooth drops of green jade among which the choirs of cicadas zithered."