boogie

Example Sentences

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"It was a bit of a boogie, a rave... it was like a nightclub."

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

Bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry grew up together in Macon, Ga., where they played Southern boogie rock, and moved to Athens to attend college at the University of Georgia.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024

I’d boogie to “Boogie Fever,” clap to “Born To Be Alive” and sashay to “I Will Survive,” inches from shimmying into the La-Z-Boy or Travolta-armsing our Airedale.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2024

“Texas Hold ’Em” begins with rapid-plucked guitar and moves into a stomping beat, with Beyoncé rhyming “Texas” and “Lexus” and singing lines like, “It’s a real live boogie and a real live hoedown.”

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2024

The music is some kind of oldies rock 'n roll that Lola might boogie to while gardening.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio