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

In no time, there were conga lines and limbo contests, and by the wee hours, someone always ended up at the emergency room and at least one marriage was in peril.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

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

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

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