How to Use go-go in a Sentence

go-go

adjective
  • One of our go-go boys who’s there from the start is now a go-go girl.
    Juan A. Ramírez, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The dancers are there in their black and white striped shirts in mini skirts and go-go boots.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 7 June 2023
  • There were now all these discos with back rooms and go-go boys.
    Nicole Acheampong, New York Times, 26 June 2024
  • The walls are lined with photos of famous faces, and the jukebox is stocked with Motown and go-go.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
  • From go-go clubs to gospel concerts The Rare Essence show brought out a crowd of young and old clubgoers.
    Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The go-go ’80s lifted the art market and Wall Street, and the rising fortunes of both lifted Raoul’s.
    Penelope Green, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • This is, after all, the home of Black Broadway and go-go and harDCcore.
    Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The ‘gamine fille’ appeared here and there, such as a camisole style dress, go-go shorts, and a grey flannel bralette over a turtleneck paired with a skirt.
    Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The go-go years of China’s economic growth have come to an end, and with them, the easy gains in welfare and free-flowing jobs.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 29 June 2023
  • These are a far cry from the go-go days before the pandemic and Beijing’s 2021 clampdown on Big Tech.
    Ye Xie, Fortune, 16 May 2023
  • The go-go theme extended to all corners of the field and included everyone on it.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Now the library is marking the fourth anniversary of the act that made go-go D.C.’s official music.
    Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • And speaking of the crown, rapper Flo Milli covered her new signature bob with a go-go style hat.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Christopher Turner was three years older and helped manage Fuller’s go-go band.
    Joe Heim, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
  • In early key art, go-go dancers clad in vivid yellow hot suits and bright lights surround the stage as a shot at riches and infamy await the contestants.
    Holly Jones, Variety, 24 July 2024
  • Some of that traces back to Tiger Global’s go-go days of 2021, an era that seems positively mesozoic when seen from today.
    Anne Sraders, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The go-go megaplex boom of the late ’90s and early ’00s created theaters the size of small airports, with theaters sometimes housing more than two dozen screens.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
  • The wigs and go-go skirts stopped sparkling when the stage lights went down, but still seem to attract the late-night last-minute gazes of all who descend on the party of tacos al pastor and sopes with lots of salsa.
    Alan Hernández Pastén, SPIN, 2 Mar. 2023
  • After a few go-go years, the early-stage biotech market has cooled considerably.
    Stat Staff, STAT, 1 Dec. 2023
  • West Hollywood ushered in the month with a parade featuring go-go dancers in jockstraps and gay cowboys in breezy leather chaps.
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
  • Lady Bunny got her start go-go dancing with her friend RuPaul while living in Atlanta in the early 1980s.
    Elaina Patton, NBC news, 1 June 2023
  • Music that bleeds with the apocalyptic collisions of bounce beat-era go-go and the lyrical belligerence of drill.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Priya Krishna Against the cranes-in-the-sky backdrop of go-go modern Nashville, the ambitions of this lunch-only cafe are refreshingly modest.
    Melissa Clark, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The Diamondbacks are a rising, entertaining team whose go-go style exploited both the Padres and the Dodgers in recent games.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2023
  • This Midtown mecca's sights range from glittery go-go dancers to Saturday Night Fever flashbacks.
    Robin Soslow, Chron, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Your hardworking mom is somehow always in go-go-go mode, so why not treat her to a bit of TLC with relaxing under-eye patches?
    Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The festival features a gigantic cocktail bar and beer garden, food trucks, drag shows, go-go dances, a Ferris wheel, a DJ dance party and more.
    The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2023
  • Oftentimes, my days feel go-go-go until that very last moment…as if rushing to get to bed on time is actually the last item on my agenda.
    Amy Eisinger, M.a., SELF, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Frank Zhao thrived in China’s go-go years by embracing bowling and teaming up with Americans.
    Brian Spegele, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2023
  • For go-go beauty looks, models wore a blend of 90s polish mixed with punky rawness, a nod to the brand’s heritage, without being too referential.
    Kathleen Hou, ELLE, 9 Sep. 2023

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