How to use harp in a sentence

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• My husband's constant harping about the condition of the house threatens to drive me to distraction.From the entry drive
• He harped on his quibble about how the dark red paint should be described as carmine rather than burgundy.From the entry quibble
• Some people say that harp seals eat too many cod, but humans are the ones who collapsed the Atlantic cod fishery to begin with.From the entry harp seal
• At darkfall I heard only one instrument like a glorified Jew's harp.2011, Ella Young, John Matthews, Denise Sallee, At the Gates of Dawn: A Collection of Writings, page 199. From the entry darkfall
• It's easier to overbend on harps in lower keys than higher keys.2010, James Major, Complete 10-Hole Diatonic Harmonica Series: B Harmonica Book, page 9. From the entry overbend
• Newsom uses a harp and her froggish little voice to spin elaborate, beguiling fantasies.2008 February 1, “Pop and rock listings”, in The New York Times. From the entry froggish
• A collection of glasses played in this manner is sometimes called a glass harp.2000, Thomas D. Rossing, “Glass Musical Instruments”, in Science of Percussion Instruments (Series in Popular Science; 3), Singapore…. From the entry glass harp
• At its most extreme it is reminiscent of the boinging and buzzing of a Jew's harp.1988 October 7, Peter Friederici, “Auction”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry boing
• Their blend of concert harp, vibes, bass and Latin percussion ignited much of the audience.1980 February 16, Althea, “Teresa Trull and Julie Homi with the Harp Band [review]”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 29, page 13. From the entry ignite
• Fasten the shade to the lamp harp at its screw post to secure it.1951, Lamps and Lampshade Making, page 102. From the entry lamp harp
• Poor Ruby Robert, freckles and all, will pull a few sour strings on his harp in St.1931 December 30, “Jack O’Brien, Before, Since Culture Attack”, in Akron Beacon Journal, number 21, Akron, Oh., page nineteen, column 7. From the entry betuxed
• But he added: "The RDG offer contains more strings than a harp, including some which have never previously been discussed.2022 December 14, Mel Holley, “Network News: Strikes go on as RMT rejects RDG's "detrimental" offer”, in RAIL, number 972, page 8. From the entry string
• Christina twirls on straps like a spinning coin that hasn’t decided if it will land on heads or harps.2019 September 16, Tom Swift, “Winging It”, in RTÉ Culture, RTÉ. From the entry heads or harps
• Everyone I've met today has been harping on murder.” “Murdah, murdah, murdah.” His voice rose to a girly falsetto.2012, Jeanne Matthews, Bones of Contention, Sourcebooks, →ISBN, page 35. From the entry murdah
• I'm referring to the fictional depictions, those dimple bottomed winged plumpies flying around with harps or bows and arrows.2010, Mary Mcreynolds, The Tapeworm Emails, page 56. From the entry plumpie
• “Here We Go Again” is the gentlest kiss-off imaginable, with strings and harp and curlicued guitars cushioning Ms.2007 October 15, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times. From the entry curlicue
• Harp continued to find receivers open and the Eagles added several meanless touchdowns in the last half of the game.2007 October 23, Marvin Hogan, “Eagles soar past Leopards”, in Gainesville Daily Register. From the entry meanless
• Available at hardware stores and home improvement centers, lamp kits typically include a threaded rod, washers, and a harp holder.2004, Amy Tincher-Durik, Design on a Dime, page 103. From the entry harp holder
• The sword seemed to thrill under his touch as a harp thrills in response to its master's hand.1981, Rosemary Sutcliff, “The Sword in the Stone”, in The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, 1st…. From the entry quillon
• Seated on the soft carpet with their drinks, they listened to a recording of koto, Japanese thirteen-string harp.1962, Philip K. Dick, “The Man in the High Castle”, in Four Novels of the 1960s, Library of America, published 2007, page 94. From the entry koto
• Twice they have fought with harps, fiddlebows, and chair legs.1951, William Manchester, “The Free Lance”, in Disturber of the Peace: The Life of H. L. Mencken, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […]…. From the entry fiddlebow
• The "shoulder harp" or "nanga" had a boat-shaped sound chest.1950, Roslyn Rensch, The harp: from Tara's halls to the American schools. From the entry nanga
• Another with his fingers may loudly strike the harp, stir the glee-beam for the joy of his companions.1919, The Wellesley Alumnae Quarterly, volume 4, page 166. From the entry glee-beam
• Heaven to them was a serious business of pearly gates, harps, halos, and aërial flights on ambient pale clouds.1908, Harold McGraff, chapter 27, in The Lure of the Mask. From the entry pearly gates
• While trobairitz often played lutes, they might also sing while playing a harp, an instrument that women were often encouraged to master.2015, Gary Westfahl, A Day in a Working Life: 300 Trades and Professions through History, volume 1, page 658. From the entry trobairitz
• Our lovemobile was 25 metres long and carried a hundred dancing people dressed for the party, a laser harp and a million-volt musical Tesla coil.2014, Ben Moore, Elephants in Space: The Past, Present and Future of Life and the Universe, Springer, →ISBN, page 22. From the entry lovemobile
• Now, if you're thinking being a shepherd means sitting around playing a harp and saying things like, “Here, lamby,” you are mistaken.2012, Andy Holmes, My First Devotional, page 67. From the entry lamby
• In these services, traditional instruments like the komus (mouth harp) and topshur (a two-stringed instrument), as well as well-established throat singing techniques, are often used.2009, L. Broz, “Conversion to Religion? Negotiating Continuity and Discontinuity in Contemporary Altai.”, in Conversion after Socialism…. From the entry topshur
• Brozman deploys everything from the small Bolivian charango to a Finnish harp called the kantele, while there’s usually something slidey to carry the melody.2007 July 15, Jon Pareles, “Sounds Dire, Droll, Dreamy and on the Edge of Kitsch”, in New York Times. From the entry slidey
• There are four flutes, a harp of twenty strings, a mournful shawm, and a number of drums of oxhide, some to be struck, others spanked.1985 September 1, Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the Wicked, London: Hutchinson & Co., →ISBN. From the entry shawm
• A wind would blow every night at chatzos and cause King David's harp to play, and this would wake him up and he would study torah.2004 June 10, cindys, “God studies Torah and wears Tefillin?”, in alt.messianic (Usenet). From the entry chatzot
• Run the cord up through the threaded rod, slide the harp holder over the rod at the top of the lamp base, and then screw on the socket cap.1999, Beverly DeJulio, HandyMa'am. From the entry harp holder
• If you're ambitious, you can even create a floor lamp from a carved pole, a wooden base, a lamp harp from the hardware store, and a shade kit.1999, Emilie Barnes, Yoli Brogger, Anne Christian Buchanan, Decorating Dreams on a Budget, page 67. From the entry lamp harp
• I recommend a booklet by Laurie Riley on preventing harp related injury - can't remember the title just now but I'll try to search it up.1998 June 23, C&H Wood, “Re: harp playing & carpal tunnel”, in rec.org.sca (Usenet). From the entry search up
• Among other musical instruments in the north Pontic area of which we know from archaeological evidence, are the horns, shell-trumpets, trigonons (harps), Pan-pipes, lutes, and zithers.1959, George Vernadsky, The Origins of Russia, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 157. From the entry trigonon
• Music discoursed on that melodious instrument, a Jew's harp, keeps the elfin women away from the hunter, because the tongue of the instrument is of steel.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion, Volume II, Part II, Chapter V, p. 233. From the entry discourse
• "What made you harp upon the war, man, knowing what his opinions are?" the doctor asked vexedly, as he stumbled along the uneven stone passage towards the hall.1906, Mrs. Henry De La Pasture, Peter's Mother. From the entry vexedly
• Sven Hedin's collection there is a fragment of a neck of a jar, which shows a whole circle of Gandharvas performing on drums, harps, syrinxes, etc.1901, A. F. Rudolf Hoernle [i.e., Augustus Frederic Rudolf Hoernlé], “A Report on the British Collection of Antiquities from Central Asia…. From the entry syrinx

Meaning of harp

1. noun A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body.
2. noun Any instrument of the same musicological type.
3. noun A harmonica.

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Questions about harp in a sentence

How do you use harp in a sentence?

Harp is used as a noun and verb. For example: “My husband's constant harping about the condition of the house threatens to drive me to distraction.”

What is a short sentence with harp?

“The "shoulder harp" or "nanga" had a boat-shaped sound chest.”

What does harp mean?

Harp means a musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body.