conga

Example Sentences

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Time will tell, but for now Californians — and most of America — are stuck doing the same old clock-face conga on Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

The rosé flows, club music plays at tolerable volumes and you won’t find any conga lines or overserved patrons dancing on tables for Instagram likes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

Sometimes, as has been documented in a BBC series narrated by David Attenborough, they swap shells in a conga line, in which each crab puts on a shell discarded by a larger companion.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

Celebrations included conga lines, bubble machines, dolphins swimming in the ocean alongside them, and sunsets burning orange on the horizon.

From BBC • May 11, 2025

We could barely hear each other over the crisp staccato pounding of the conga drums and the shrill brass sections blaring from their stereo.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat