funky
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Though Root did at least allow Tongue three slips and two leg slips for his hat-trick ball after tea, he stuck with three for the most part here and barely ventured into the funky.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Cowell’s “Abstrusions,” which opens both releases, was a compact and funky three minutes and 38 seconds on the original.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
In her latest album, “The Boutique,” Zinadelphia is a funky jazz, indie-pop goddess.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
The area felt fun and funky, but I was only passing through, determined to get to my next destination.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
The apartment smells funky because we forgot to take out the garbage before we left.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
While the exterior features a traditional red brick facade, the interior follows a much funkier black-and-white theme throughout the main living spaces.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Cheese: Parmigiano-Reggiano is classic, but try Manchego or Pecorino for a funkier edge.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2025
It’s a return to their powers, now funkier than ever.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2024
It is funkier and grittier than the others that precede it, no doubt because of the chemistry that existed between Williams, the bassist Ronnie Boykins and the legendary drummer Roy Haynes.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
He released his latest track Heatwave in February, which his label describes as a "piano house" with "funkier UK" influences.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2022
Robertson’s lyrics are teasingly playful but they’re nearly overshadowed by a lithe clavinet part by Hudson that places the song among the funkiest records by a rock band in the late 1960s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
“She was just the funkiest, silliest, most wonderful person,” said Giffen, who remembered talking with Olds about a customer complaint Monday.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2021
Cellphone’s Dead may have Beck’s funkiest bassline, but for brute force, Devil’s Haircut wins with its insistent three-note riff copied from I Can Only Give You Everything by the 60s Northern Irish rockers Them.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2020
When your tantrum ended, you left us one of your funkiest Final Fours: the gritty kingdom of Michigan State plus three programs from the vast proletarian division — Texas Tech, Virginia and Auburn.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2019
Morality is mostly funk, and I think you’re the funkiest man I ever came across in my travels.
From Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad
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