How to Use punk in a Sentence

punk

1 of 2 noun

• What could be more punk than that?
  — Erica Campbell, Pitchfork, 1 June 2026
• Get a pop-punk band that plays.
  — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
• No names, but the guy was a punk.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
• The punk scene was all about young, young, young.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026
• That’s punk, that’s rock & roll, that’s hip-hop.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
• That’s punk, that’s rock & roll, that’s hip-hop.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
• The same holds doubly true for punk.
  — Siran Babayan, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
• And just like that — with the flick of a wrist — punk was born.
  — Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
• Theater is not for punks, okay?
  — Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026
• The punk movement broke out around this time.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
• So, in the end, does that mean Iceage is still a punk band?
  — Brendan Hay, SPIN, 2 June 2026
• The score is bold and eclectic, with gospel, jazz, rock, blues, and punk.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 10 June 2023
• Her show leaked into the mainstream like punk.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 June 2026
• This album tore apart what people thought could come from punk.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 1 May 2026
• Does this mean those pop-goes-punk comp albums are coming back?
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
• What about the film's punk-rock aesthetic?
  — Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
• By the nineties, punk zines had been around long enough to be taken for granted.
  — Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
• Oh, but playing reggae, not punk.
  — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
• So, punk was already there and getting only more so.
  — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2025
• So, punk was already there and getting only more so.
  — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
• This mindset has given rise to punk, grunge and indie sleaze trends.
  — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
• The former is a no-nonsense pink-haired punk who turns out to be the mom friend of the group.
  — Rachelle Hampton, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
• Pop-punk and rap are both great vehicles to get that message out to the world.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2022
• It’s been said that there’s nothing scarier than an old punk rocker.
  — Tristram Lozaw, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
• This sort of punk kid with an almost plain-sounding voice trying to just go for it.
  — Alison Weinflash, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2026
• The punk-rock dystopia surrounded her from the outset.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 June 2026
• Yungblud mixes punk and rock with his vocals.
  — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
• Yungblud mixes punk and rock with his vocals.
  — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2026
• At this point, the punk revolution was old news, and the new wave was in full swing.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Jan. 2024
• The veteran punk band's set was utter chaos.
  — Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026

punk

2 of 2 adjective

• Other stories are drawn from the cli-fi, bio-punk genre and are great fun to read.
  — Richard Horan, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2023
• Many of us coming out of punk [were] into that kind of new wave post-punk period.
  — David Chiu, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
• The rhythm section plays duck-and-dodge with the post-punk guitar, building up the tension.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
• This one pulls the theater credibly into the harder rock realm — the pre-punk, pre-grunge one.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
• The new album is described as leaning into the band's early post-punk and goth influences.
  — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
• The English post-punk, new wave band aimed to keep ticket costs affordable, with some as low as $20.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• The post-punk-rock band Tigers In Cairo was voted Best New Artist.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2026
• The Ramones helped bring punk music to the masses beginning in the mid-70s.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
• The band was Adam and the Ants, and the sound was post-punk or new-wave or whatever the music press was calling it back then.
  — Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2022
• Their early albums showcased a snappy post-punk confidence.
  — Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 4 May 2026
• What began as a penchant for a slightly punk aesthetic soon became the perfect partner to her own brand of old-school glamour.
  — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2023
• The Cure will be supported by Scottish post-punk band the Twilight Sad at all shows.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 9 Mar. 2023
• Roach also admired Geese, a post-punk band from Brooklyn that opened for Portugal.
  — Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2022
• Merchandise, the post-punk band from Tampa, Florida, are back with their first new music in nine years.
  — Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 18 Aug. 2025
• Dave Allen, the bassist of British post-punk group Gang of Four, died at age 69 on April 5.
  — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
• Even the house’s actual residents were the right types—one was a post-punk musician Trier admired.
  — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
• Guest DJs, even those with little to no experience, are invited to spin their favorite post-punk tracks, too.
  — Dallas News, 30 Dec. 2022
• The jagged, chaotic, exuberant noise that erupted from their recordings and live performances cemented the band’s place in post-punk legend.
  — Melissa Giannini, ELLE, 28 Feb. 2023
• The guitarist known for his epic, echoing riffs said the post-punk urgency of the originals has been replaced with intimacy, with new keys, new chords, new tempos and even some new lyrics.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Jan. 2023
• Devo traces the Ohio art-school collective’s evolution from post-punk performance artists to one of the most subversive acts of the ’80s.
  — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
• Paramore have shifted their sound before, trying out post-punk and even synth-pop, and This Is Why showcases yet another major vibe change.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2023
• Sire enjoyed similar success with post-punk and new wave acts like the Pretenders, the Cure and Depeche Mode, among many others.
  — Chris Morris, Variety, 2 Apr. 2023
• The first Cocteau Twins album, 1982’s Garlands, features a more gothic post-punk sound than the band’s later work.
  — Al Shipley, SPIN, 3 Apr. 2026
• The show runs through July 22 and is free to the public, offering a rare, close-up look at the creative life behind one of post-punk’s most enduring figures.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 7 May 2026
• Earlier in the afternoon, a trio of friends from Logan Square took a break after seeing post-punk band Algiers on the Rebel stage.
  — Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
• Everything from Surf Gang’s ethereal take on sample drill to the experimental post-punk band Moin.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
• The band’s sound continued to experiment with the trippy, distorted possibilities of post-punk psychedelia.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
• With Alex Chilton as his sideman, the provocative Tav Falco brought blues and rockabilly screaming into the post-punk era.
  — Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 8 Feb. 2026
• Ninety-second hits of twee pop and bony post-punk make up the middle section of the record, all built around three to four power chords and delivered with overdriven vocals and feral enthusiasm.
  — Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 8 June 2026
• Its fashion draws inspiration from post-punk, underground comics, skateboarding and other subcultures.
  — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 14 May 2026