bop

Example Sentences

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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

The strangest song Jepsen has ever written, according to Jepsen: “Store,” the improbably exuberant bop about grocery shopping that she sang at the Troubadour while two-stepping down an imaginary frozen foods aisle.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 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

Now, he’s lost the one place he could bop around as freely and easily as any other 10-year-old.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025

Even as I help cook, I bop, snap, do a little two-step, and follow along as Layla and Kayla practice their dance moves for the block party's talent show.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi