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In other words, he was dealing with a country just as bellicose and irrational as he is, and it had him in a funk.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

"We were trying to form a new type of music which used influences from reggae and punk rock and funk and whatever," Panter said.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

They might help shares break out of their recent funk.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

The music wasn’t influenced by soul, funk or even disco.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Overhead fans whirled at maximum speed, cutting through the humid summer funk.

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

Psychiatrists and psychologists talk to us, shock us and above all, medicate us to lift us from our funks.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 24, 2022

He watched two teammates bust out of funks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2021

Sometimes, cooking funks arrive without warning — and they don't care whether you have a pantry full of groceries, or are having friends over in two hours, or are hungry literally right now.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2021

And hope that the learning curve hastens for the likes of Kelenic and White, while the struggling veterans find a way out of their collective funks.

From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2021

He felt deeply responsible for Eric, who could be cheerfully upbeat but could also grow morose and withdrawn and sometimes would sink into deep funks, not talking for days.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

The reason was obvious, although Bach didn’t quite put it in these terms: the Games needed to be funked up for a younger generation.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2017

Gospel-infused smokin' swamp pop, clearly on-topic and funked up by Spooner Oldham's spiky, staccato keyboard flourishes.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2011

In the traditional scheme of things, this represents the ultimate role reversal and Dreyfuss handles the passages where he is feeling funked out by the conflict between love and ambition very nicely.

From Time Magazine Archive

At this crux, his tears accomplished what his nerve funked.

From Time Magazine Archive

She never funked it for a moment: she's got any amount of pluck.

From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess

After funking up Marymoor Park with an ace band in 2019, the 81-year-old progressive jazz great’s taking it inside to the Paramount Theatre’s more acoustically advanced surroundings.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2021

Herbie Hancock played “Watermelon Man” in all of its Blue Note piano splendor before funking it up with a handheld synthesizer.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2016

"Everybody funking and don't know how," sang Clinton.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2016

The troubadour goes optimistic in the title track before funking out on “Walking Like a Man” and the bluegrass-influenced “Roses in the Rain.”

From Washington Times ● May 3, 2015

And this was the oar They triumphantly won from a great rival crew; The cool-headed, steady-nerved Stroke, bound to score; The fellow who funking or failure ne'er knew.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 5, 1890 by Various