bop

Example Sentences

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Many fans discovered her via the track “new friends,” an honest and lighthearted bop about not wanting to be friends with an ex.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

He adds a funky countermelody, reminiscent of Horace Silver or Lee Morgan, and remakes “Billy Joe” into a remarkable slice of hard bop, a 12-minute roller-coaster ride.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

Children giggle and run as kilikis with soft foam truncheons bop them if they get too close.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

It didn’t take more than a few days for Peter Cook, a marine mammal sciences professor at the New College of Florida, to train Ronan to bop her head to music.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2025

We tried to keep a bop in our step, tried to keep it cool, but by now we were pretty explicitly speed- walking.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore