Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polka
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If a player can endure a few months of negative comments but keep the money, trophies, and adulation, then retire and waltz into the Hall of Fame, why not cheat?—
Merlisa Lawrence Corbett,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025 -
Footage filmed by an audience member shows the 18-time Grammy nominee, real name Austin Richard Post, waltzing up toward the edge of the stage holding up a red Solo cup and leaning down to toast with the fan filming Saturday in Glendale.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
2 July 2025
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The first film saw Pattinson's Dark Knight tangoing with the Riddler (Paul Dano), a serial killer plaguing Gotham City.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 June 2025
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Florida’s 18-year-old sophomore arrived this month after a season at Arkansas ready to tango with fellow transfer Xaivian Lee of Princeton sure to have the Gators dancing again in March.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 June 2025
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Curaçao August is great for: retro-minded music fans ready to boogie.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
26 May 2025
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Popular since at least the early 1970s, poppers were thought to enhance pleasure in the bedroom and while boogieing on disco dance floors to anthems by the likes of Donna Summer and Loleatta Holloway.—
Jacob Bernstein,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Dress it up with heels for an evening out, or pair it with sneakers and bop around town in style.—
Elaina Verhoff,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2025
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He was known for throwing from the stage with incredible accuracy one of his sticks, bopping people on the head.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Clifton Daniel, for instance, jitterbugged with an expertise that increased one’s respect for The New York Times.—
Gloria Steinem,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2024
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Linders says the audience for trad jazz can generally be put into three categories: There are swing dancers who are eager to jitterbug to some hot sounds.—
Noah Schaffer,
BostonGlobe.com,
21 Aug. 2023
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Be Courtesy To Other Shoppers To a Southerner, manners are top of mind, so pushing, shoving, and being rude over buying things doesn’t jive with a genteel way of life.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2025
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From electronics to delicate fabrics, natural stone, and more, there are a variety of surfaces and materials that just don’t jive with this household cleaning staple.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
18 Apr. 2025
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The fang gang present themselves as yearning European folk enthusiasts and later as jigging fiends and sometime metalheads.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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In the back bay especially, vertically jigging these lures around bridge pilings and across channels can be deadly.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2025
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All week, campers were shuffled from one activity to the next, mixing games, prayers and church services with lectures that coincide with lessons from the Bible.—
Paul Bersebach,
Oc Register,
12 July 2025
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Guevara, 47, has been shuffled through three detention sites despite Immigration Judge James Ward’s decision to grant him bond on July 1, according to The Associated Press.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
9 July 2025
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“Polka.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polka. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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