boom box

Example Sentences

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He’s going to come to set with a boom box and blast, like, Phil Collins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Watching him come out on a bare stage with a boom box and say, "I've got a tape I want to play," or ask, "Does anybody have any questions?" is charming.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2023

The defendant and two of his friends boarded the same train and one of them played music from a boom box speaker.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2023

With digital camcorders and iMacs, they were able to edit and add music without a boom box.

From New York Times • May 20, 2022

I stuck in another CD, this time from Gran’s personal stack by the boom box.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas