boogie

Example Sentences

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Decked out in a resplendent orange-and-blue-striped zoot suit symbolizing the colors of his beloved New York Knicks, Spike Lee hit the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet in May in full boogie mode.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

He had planned to tour in October and November with Tom Seals's boogie woogie band, but they put it back until 2025 because they could not get the theatre dates they wanted, he said.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2024

I’d boogie to “Boogie Fever,” clap to “Born To Be Alive” and sashay to “I Will Survive,” inches from shimmying into the La-Z-Boy or Travolta-armsing our Airedale.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2024

“Texas Hold ’Em” begins with rapid-plucked guitar and moves into a stomping beat, with Beyoncé rhyming “Texas” and “Lexus” and singing lines like, “It’s a real live boogie and a real live hoedown.”

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2024

“Or—hey, how about boogie boarding? I bet you haven’t done that yet.”

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn