conga

Example Sentences

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This neighbor ended up teaching young Melvin to play conga drums and introduced him to his first bass teacher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 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

Arnaz gained celebrity as the American popularizer of the conga, an Afro Cuban line dance that his father had once tried to ban.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

The festival has been running since 2019, and hosts a mullet contest, conga dancing and a range of hairdressers on site.

From BBC • May 13, 2024

When they were all doing the march-and-hop, they formed a train, hands on shoulders, and did a choo-choo or conga around the gym.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia