How to Use groove in a Sentence

groove

1 of 2 noun

• The door slides along a groove in the doorframe.
• They've gotten stuck in a groove in their jobs.
• She hasn't yet found her groove.
• He's a great pitcher when he's in a groove.
• This team has the chance to find a groove the next month.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• Cons Some dough got caught in the grooves of the cutters.
  — Laura Denby, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2023
• There's even a groove on the top of the box for propping your phone up.
  — Ellen McAlpine, Women's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
• His black roller chair wore a groove in the floorboards.
  — Vivian Wang, New York Times, 5 July 2023
• On the flip side of that, is Duro Olowu, full of color and print and style and groove.
  — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2023
• But the Wildcats found their groove and ripped off 20 wins in their next 22 games.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
• The song is still wide awake: On this week’s chart, the groove sits comfortably at No. 9.
  — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2024
• So, is your brand ready to help consumers get their groove back?
  — Matthew Dunlap, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• Open your heart and get into the fashion groove, ahead.
  — EW.com, 20 Feb. 2024
• Ideally, these could have a groove at the top that the branch fits into.
  — oregonlive, 8 July 2023
• Game notes: Matthew Boyd is still looking to find his groove in the 2023 season.
  — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 24 May 2023
• The rod even has grooves to space out clothes properly.
  — WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
• There is still plenty of time for Lillard to bounce back and find his groove.
  — Brian Sampson, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• Just slide any sized jar or bottle into the grooves and give it a twist.
  — Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2023
• Plus, the reverse side of the tray works as a cutting board with a juice groove and rubber edges.
  — Bellamy Richardson, wsj.com, 8 Nov. 2023
• By the late 2000s, the show got into an every-other-year groove.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
• The chain racing around the bar will eventually create a small burr on the edge of the groove that the chain runs in.
  — Joe Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
• Howard taps into the ancestors, and finds a new groove.
  — Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
• Don’t forget to clean any hardware, grooves or trim where dust and grease can build-up.
  — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 31 July 2023
• The grooves on this knife easily chip away at hard bars of chocolate.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2023
• These technologies, once the awkward teenagers of the tech world, are starting to find their groove.
  — Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2023
• To see the one piece is to hear the other — and to feel in sync, aligned in an audiovisual groove.
  — Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
• Chrissy Teigen and John Legend got their groove on over the weekend.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
• The Olivera brothers opted to pour their energy into the taste of the food and the groove of the service.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
• The Anvil blade features a sap groove to prevent sticking.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2023
• Move, groove, sing and swing every Friday through March 16.
  — Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023

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groove

2 of 2 verb

• We grooved to the beat.
• The crowd was on their feet grooving along to the rock beat.
  — John-John Williams Iv, baltimoresun.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• Standing in the space, there was an urge to move and groove.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2023
• At the end of the tributes, the dads took to the dance floor to show the girls how to really groove.
  — High School Columnist, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• So clear some space, turn up the volume, and get ready to groove.
  — Amy Eisinger, M.a., SELF, 30 Sep. 2022
• Darvish had grooved a full-count, two-out fastball over the plate.
  — Jake Kaplan, Houston Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2017
• Just be ready to move, groove, and fall in love with all the throwbacks and new school sounds of his R&B hits.
  — Noel Cody, Essence, 30 June 2022
• Rift of the NecroDancer grooves onto the Switch later this year.
  — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 19 Apr. 2023
• Models grooved to the music as guests stood in line for crepes and sipped tea with goo in it.
  — Booth Moore, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2018
• Your work does has a really good beat and groove to it.
  — Patrick St. Michel, Billboard, 29 Apr. 2022
• Punting to Grange is like grooving a pitch to Babe Ruth.
  — Will Larkin, chicagotribune.com, 30 July 2019
• Iglesias grooved a fastball and Bour hit it way up in the seats in right for his second home run of the night.
  — , Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 26 June 2019
• Sometimes celebs like Robyn even turn up to Papi Juice to groove and spin.
  — Milton Dixon, Teen Vogue, 20 Sep. 2017
• Rather, there seems to be a sense that true movie fans can groove on both frequencies.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
• Buttrey opened the eighth by grooving an 0-and-2 fastball to No.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2019
• Now working out of the stretch, Moronta grooved a 97-mph fastball to Bryant, who did not miss it.
  — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 21 Aug. 2019
• Show up early to ride the rides, then stay up late to move and groove as DJs spin tunes around the park at the return of this all-ages event.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022
• The lid is 2 x 2 cedar, grooved to accept a clear acrylic plastic panel.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
• Moving and grooving along with the instructor will be a breeze.
  — Neha Tandon, womenshealthmag.com, 31 May 2023
• Faced with a 3-0 count in the fifth inning, Orioles right-hander Spenser Watkins tried to groove a 91-mph fastball over the heart of the plate.
  — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 5 May 2022
• As the guys groove in the playful clip, a few women observe through a window and doorway.
  — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2021
• The trays are also grooved, so juices won’t easily spill over.
  — Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 26 June 2019
• Suter grooved a 3-2 fastball in the second to Freddy Galvis, who pounded it out to left for a two-run homer.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2018
• Over time, his vibe became deeply meshed with Mr. Clarke’s grooving style.
  — Andrew McCormick, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
• Down a touchdown but with all the momentum, Auburn’s players jumped and grooved on the sideline.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 17 Nov. 2019
• Nyong’o even uploaded a video of herself grooving to the song.
  — Paula Rogo, Essence, 20 July 2019
• Outside the reserve: tired wheat fields, cracked earth, and a maze of footpaths grooved by cheap plastic shoes.
  — Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 15 May 2019
• Tzvi Hersh’s dad has put on a pair of hot pink sunglasses and is grooving to the music, a huge smile on his face.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 14 Dec. 2017
• Meanwhile, the fresh memory of the towers’ collapse was getting grooved in the brain.
  — Wired, 12 Sep. 2019
• The corners and camera ring are protected by TPU bumpers, which are grooved along the sides for a more secure grip.
  — Brad Moon, Forbes, 16 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024