conga

Example Sentences

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On social media this weekend, Trump applauded a picture of a map showing a conga line of vessels sailing to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The rosé flows, club music plays at tolerable volumes and you won’t find any conga lines or overserved patrons dancing on tables for Instagram likes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

Sometimes, as has been documented in a BBC series narrated by David Attenborough, they swap shells in a conga line, in which each crab puts on a shell discarded by a larger companion.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

In that euphoric moment, the King's mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, then 19, had also secretly gone out among the crowds and had been part of a conga at the Ritz hotel.

From BBC • May 5, 2025

Harry thought there was a rather knowing look in her eye as she told him that, but she could not possibly know that his insides were suddenly dancing the conga.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling