hoedown

Example Sentences

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Turning down his studio’s offer of a cast party at glitzy Studio 54, Duvall hosted a heartfelt hoedown in his New York City apartment.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

Beyoncé has never sounded more southern as she sings, "It's a real-life boogie and a real-life hoedown."

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2024

Adaptations of folk music were in — including spirituals, the violinist Keir GoGwilt’s feathery fiddling renditions of Scottish ballads, and Aucoin’s hoedown “Shaker Dance.”

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2022

In this reading, though, it sometimes threatened to founder on the exaggerated, slowed-down drama of its ­quiet passages, before whiplashing abruptly into what sounded like a hoedown projected in a funhouse mirror. 

From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2017

“Yee haw! There’s a gonna be a hoedown at the trailer park!” the Colonel said.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green