honky-tonk
Example Sentences
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Morgan Wallen, the reigning king of commercial country, blends hip-hop, hard-rock and honky-tonk in his music.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Her band, CC and the Boys, has also played at Lucinda’s and nearly every other honky-tonk in town.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
You won't find him on Broadway or in the city's famous honky-tonk music bars.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
“I’m gonna add a red bandanna and put Willie braids on it,” he says — a music nerd’s reference to the fabled honky-tonk that shuttered nearly three decades before he was born.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
The jukebox rattled out one honky-tonk tune after another.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
