How to Use boy band in a Sentence

boy band

noun
  • In that sense, Silicon Valley and K-pop are very much the same—when a key man (or boy band) is absent, much is uncertain.
    Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 28 June 2024
  • There’s a new boy band in town, and it’s made up of three old British men doing U.K.
    Vulture, 22 Sep. 2022
  • By starting off in first place, the boy band earned their first No. 1, and not just on that list.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2021
  • This turn marks the second atop the list for the tune, one of the most popular by the beloved Filipino boy band.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • The younger brother of Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter, the pop and hip-hop singer used to tour with the boy band in the late 1990s.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The Philadelphia Eagles' tight end crew looked like a boy band straight out of the '80s.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2022
  • In 2019, the defense ministry ruled the boy band would not be exempted.
    Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • And at the very center is mega-successful boy band BTS.
    Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 28 June 2024
  • But Branch’s boy band brothers step back into the picture and shake up the status quo.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Ringo Starr One quarter of the best boy band to ever do it, Starr was born on July 7.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
  • Echoing Gary’s vibe, the team styled his entire entourage like a cheesy Black boy band.
    Tomris Laffly, TIME, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The company’s main artists include K-pop boy band 2PM and girl group Twice.
    Ardian Wibisono, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Charming is the man who never forgets his boy band roots.
    Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Horan was the only member of the British boy band native to Ireland.
    Libby Cathey, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Move over, One Direction: There’s a new five-piece, British, hunky boy band in town.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Irish boy band Westlife is headed to North America to tour for the first time.
    Spin Staff, Spin, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Stray Kids are now just the second K-pop boy band to earn more than one gold album in the United States.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The longer length makes this hairstyle reminiscent of a '90s boy band star.
    Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Mirror is a boy band that sings in Cantonese, the local language in Hong Kong.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 29 July 2022
  • Last year, boy band BTS held a major public concert in support of the city’s bid.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 July 2023
  • The statement also teased a new album and a concert in Seoul, that will mark a new chapter for the boy band.
    NBC News, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The real breakthrough, however, came with the K-pop boy band Stray Kids.
    TIME, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The tune is the South Korean boy band’s milestone fifteenth top 10 hit on the ranking.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The kids have cellphones and Tamagotchi-style virtual pets, and the thing Mei and her friends want most in the world is to see a boy band called 4*Town in concert.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Mar. 2022
  • For starters, a boy band with members named Jungkook and Jimin is a household name in America.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023
  • In a new advertisement for the cat food brand, Chasez joined a different kind of boy band — full of cats.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 18 July 2023
  • The boy-band lore is that the Backstreet Boys were initially less than thrilled that this new boy band was suddenly on the scene.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Well, Big Time Rush — the boy band comprised of four of the 2010s' biggest teen heartthrobs — is back and better than ever.
    Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Since spring, the actor has rocked a mop threaded through with ribbons of golden blonde worthy of a Y2K boy band.
    Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Jin, who at 31 is the oldest member of the wildly popular South Korean boy band, was discharged from the country's army last month after serving 18 months.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 3 July 2024

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