Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of hoedownWomen of all ages invite passersby to sit with them at meals and join their dance circles during the hoedown throwdown party on Saturday night.—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025 The 1927 Martin 00-42 played at the Opry by Paul Warmack, a mechanic by trade who led the Gully Jumpers, a hoedown band whose members all came from rural communities around Nashville.—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 22 Aug. 2025 Read More Cowboy Carter Tour: My Experience in Beyoncé’s Kaleidoscopic Rodeo of Black Americana
AD got tickets to the hoedown, where the singer pays tribute to the Black voices that shaped the country genre in dazzling pyrotechnic style
By Evan Nicole Brown
AD Pro
Instagram Hacked?—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 9 May 2025 The capital mainstay is home to a spacious dance floor — perfect for a hoedown or two — and a lush outdoor patio to enjoy a cool gin and tonic on the grass.—Nico Lang, Them., 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hoedown
Subsequent photos showed the proud parents smiling in the audience as their daughter walked across the stage to collect her degree, Zahra alongside her friends in their graduation regalia and a glimpse at a family celebration.
—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
Where are the best bakeries to buy celebration cakes?
Its wearer was the tech entrepreneur Yu-Chi Lyra Kuo (trickle-down evidence of the gala’s unspoken Silicon Valley subtheme).
—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
Per tradition, the opening gala introduced the competition jury, who had participated in a livelier-than-usual afternoon press conference, and awarded an honorary Palme d’Or.
Her life-changing experience and her reception of whole blood, thanks to the team who saved her, has changed her relationship with blood donation forever.
—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
The two leaders will meet again in the evening for a gala reception in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Sino-Russian Treaty of Friendship.
But during the aufguss ceremony at BASIN Glacial Waters, people smiled and laughed and swayed to the music, and Kyan’s dance-like towel moves distracted me from the discomfort of the heat.
—
Jen Murphy,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 May 2026
Produced by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and founded in 1960, the festival will feature live music, dance gallery exhibits, family activities, an artist market and more.
The blowout was a combination of the Pistons’ offensive deficiencies catching up with them their defensive intensity disappearing.
—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
His Saturday-night blowout in Amsterdam officially kicked off the first Harry tour season since his record-breaking Love On Tour signed off in July 2023 — an unthinkably long layoff for the ultimate mega–pop crowd-crusher.
In the middle of his soiree, the Spaniard had crept away from the other guests to tell Smit some exciting news.
—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
What began with poolside rooftop soirees soon expanded to events in other hotels around the city, such as the Mondrian, Dream, the Sofitel and the Moxy — and additional locales in Austin, Miami and Mexico.