The guitarist played a long riff of about 16 bars with different chords before adding "a big beat" over it.

It had been a long riff of garrulous drinking that began with such oldie-goldies as "To mutual friendship and understanding."

Chris Martin often refers to him as "Jonny Boy" during live concerts, particularly if Buckland is about to do a solo or a long riff.

I could hear the raging and soaring songs more intensely; the long riffs and cascades of voices.

(It included a long and delightfully wicked riff on the hors d'oeuvres.)

But for the conceptual artist Fred Wilson, it was the starting point for a long riff on battles against oppression around the world.

The movie is a long riff on pop culture.

He started a long riff about his war, which I didn't really want to talk about.

During the discussion one woman got into a long riff about her relationship.

Midway through the grand tour O'Rourke pauses for a long riff on the failure of academic economists to deliver the good news about capitalism.