How to Use boy band in a Sentence
boy band
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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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