boom box

Example Sentences

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He’s going to come to set with a boom box and blast, like, Phil Collins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

She said the clip, which went viral, felt almost like "he was standing outside of my apartment, holding a boom box saying, 'I want to go on a date with you'".

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025

Everybody ran over toward the boom box, demanding a rewind.

From Salon • May 14, 2023

Once we got there, we laid out our towels and set up our boom box, switching between Hot 97, Kiss FM and WBLS.

From New York Times • May 8, 2022

I pressed Stop on the boom box, because the interview was over.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer