hoedown

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

But Roberts’s dance, which will have its New York premiere on April 17 as part of the Graham company’s season at New York City Center, isn’t a hoedown.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2024

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

Ostensibly a backwoods hoedown, “Rag Mama Rag” is a prime example of Robertson and the Band as American music alchemists.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2023

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