How to Use boy band in a Sentence

boy band

noun
  • Wavedash are some of my best friends in the world, and the greatest living EDM boy band.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 3 May 2021
  • For as much as dance-pop was a force in the 1980s, teenage girls were just looking for a reason to swoon for the five-piece boy band.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 13 May 2021
  • Picture an American Spice Girls, maybe, or an all-female Jive boy band.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 3 May 2021
  • Ray Reyes, former member of boy band Menudo during its golden era, died on April 30.
    Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 3 May 2021
  • Now, the boy band that has taken over the planet rises once again on an important list among their countrymen with one of their most popular visuals.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The performance seemed to indicate a R&B boy band singer might be inside the both slightly scary and cuddly costume.
    Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The crypto, known informally as a memecoin or altcoin, has also won a handful of celebrity backers from former boy band stars to NFL pros.
    Chloe Melas, CNN, 14 May 2021
  • Well, our Four-Way Knockout winner has become the showman of the season, so going full boy band in the Lives feels like a natural progression.
    Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 11 May 2021
  • Martin was in a rock group and Zitron had been in a boy band.
    Alexei Barrionuevo, Billboard, 15 July 2021
  • 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 ad led him to the Backstreet Boys, who skyrocketed to become the best-selling boy band in history.
    Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 24 July 2024
  • The globally successful South Korean boy band is on hiatus as its members complete mandatory military service.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2024

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