bopping

Example Sentences

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It’s hard to disagree that the current system, with quarterbacks bopping from campus to campus like jam bands and 26-year-olds lining up against 18-year-olds, needs revision.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

The aunties seemed genuinely delighted, bopping along to Bruno Mars as if this were the triumph of civic joy they had been waiting for since Election Day.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026

Duncan appeared confident and poised as he took underhanded tosses from a team manager and fired passes, even bopping his head ever so slightly as Blink-182’s “All the Small Things” blared over the stadium loudspeakers.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2025

I like to think of this as the "Little Bunny Foo Foo" method, because it's like you’re scooping up all the people and bopping them on the head.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2024

Right now, with her head bopping and her limbs flailing, she almost looks like one of those one-man bands, but without instruments.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy