How to Use bossa nova in a Sentence

bossa nova

noun

• Uchis sounds great on bossa nova and glides along the single with ease.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 July 2022
• Astrud was the true girl who took bossa nova from Ipanema to the world.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 6 June 2023
• Franks’ sly, svelte songs drew from jazz, bossa nova, funk, urbane pop, soul and more.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2023
• Some of them will once have been part of the memory of my mother dancing the bossa nova.
  — Alan Lightman, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2022
• Love boy bands, bossa nova music, yacht rock, or grunge?
  — Matt Campbell, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2021
• In my room, the lights were dimmed, a cheese plate was waiting, and an Amazon Echo was playing bossa nova.
  — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2018
• But The Girl started out as a moody indie-pop duo, with a taste for cocktail-lounge jazz and bossa nova.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2023
• The song, a bossa nova anthem, became the second most played in the world mainly because of her.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 6 June 2023
• The 3,200-square-foot space includes an open pastry kitchen, where the staff bakes sweet and savory items to the soundtrack of bossa nova tunes.
  — Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
• Blame the Big Cut on the pandemic, or on the growing deficits these sports were already running up, or on the bossa nova.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 8 July 2020
• The guitarist and songwriter works in a wide range of styles from samba to bossa nova to salsa.
  — Brandon Moeller, Houston Chronicle, 9 Apr. 2020
• Caravelle is souped-up bossa nova for the sensual lounge and cocktail bar of your dreams.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 25 May 2018
• Over the course of a meal, the restaurant’s soundtrack progressed by region and genre, sort of like a wine list, from France to Brazil, jazz to bossa nova and beyond.
  — Josie Sexton, The Denver Post, 20 Dec. 2019
• Blame it on global warming, Norv Turner or the bossa nova.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2019
• Eilish and Finneas even play with bossa nova in one terrific slinky tune.
  — Mark Kennedy, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
• The track has a bossa nova swing, but Reinhart's vocals — showcased on season 10 of American Idol — have the lilt of low-fi pop.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 31 May 2018
• Mr Gilberto was a star of bossa nova, a musical style that fuses jazz and samba.
  — The Economist, 13 July 2019
• Many of bossa nova’s leading lights were either just writers or just performers; Mr. Lyra was among the few who were both.
  — Clay Risen, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
• Among pop performers, Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 turned it into a catchy bossa nova.
  — John Edward Hasse, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
• The bossa nova era was one of two great, creative ebullitions in 20th-century Brazil.
  — The Economist, 11 July 2019
• At the bossa nova’s start in the late 1950s, the music was composed largely by male Brazilian sensualists.
  — Marc Myers, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2022
• The introspective songs are a mix of reggaeton, bossa nova (a genre of Brazilian music), and neo soul.
  — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 1 June 2018
• His hummable show tunes draw from everything from bossa nova to calypso music to hip-hop.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2021
• But this research looked only at Beethoven and bossa nova, and didn't give mice the option of getting romantic while the music was playing.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2013
• The track was originally recorded by her then-husband, João Gilberto, also known as the the father of bossa nova.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 6 June 2023
• So inspiring to hear classic bossa nova songs treated in a modern way.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 23 Sep. 2022
• Gilberto was a giant of bossa nova and is often credited with helping develop the sound of the genre that brought Brazilian music to the world.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 6 July 2019
• To Mendes, the appeal of bossa nova was both obvious and instantaneous.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2022
• She’s followed by vocalist Kenya Moses focusing on bossa nova (noon) and an African heritage drum workshop (1 p.m.).
  — Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
• Cuban singer-songwriter whose style encompasses jazz, bossa nova, Cuban son, bolero, classical and more.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024