How to Use merengue in a Sentence

merengue

noun
  • In the heat of the moment, the Colombian singer and his ex sway to the rhythms of the sultry merengue beat.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 2 Mar. 2023
  • African rhythms became the guaguanco, the mambo and the merengue.
    Philip Potempa, Post-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2017
  • The two artists fuse their styles as the song breaks into an electric merengue melody.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Over the course of ten weeks, kids also learn swing, tango, merengue, and fox trot.
    Gwynedd Stuart, Los Angeles Magazine, 22 May 2018
  • Separate the eggs and keep the whites to use somewhere else—like a merengue or your Whiskey Sour.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The class will include cha-cha, merengue, salsa and swing and easy-to-follow dance steps.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2019
  • El Jeffrey, a merengue song about heartbreak to dance the sorrows away.
    Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2023
  • For merengue: In a medium-sized bowl, use a handheld mixer on high to whip egg whites.
    Brooke Parkhurst, Redbook, 1 Oct. 2012
  • The cake, ice cream and merengue dessert is being revived on all 25 ships in Carnival’s fleet.
    Mary Forgione, latimes.com, 6 Dec. 2017
  • Grab your dancing shoes and come out and enjoy an evening of live salsa, merengue and bachata.
    Amanda Kondolojy, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The adults moved naturally to salsa, chicha, cumbia, and merengue rhythms.
    Janice Llamoca, refinery29.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Edgar Suarez, 32, began singing merengue and rock at the Union Square station in December.
    Kalia Richardson, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2022
  • In one corner of the clubhouse, Sammy Sosa plays merengue music.
    Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2018
  • Carlos Coronel's favorite merengue song played from a small Bose speaker on the ground.
    Julia Jones and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN, 1 June 2020
  • DJ Markoz Project directed the dance floor with salsa, merengue, mambo and more.
    Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 7 June 2019
  • Cars blared music while onlookers, some holding flags, danced the merengue on the sidewalks.
    Lauren Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2019
  • People passing by the restaurant stopped for a little merengue, while diners danced in their seats.
    Trevor Fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com, 18 May 2018
  • In the clubhouse turned frat house, amid showers of Champagne and beer, Parra grabbed Strasburg and danced the merengue to a vibrating beat.
    Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Aug. 27 Few are as adept as Ozomatli at fusing funk, hip-hop, reggae and rock with such Latin music styles that includes cumbia, merengue, boleros and more.
    George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 July 2017
  • Set to a merengue beat, the lyrics riffed on the possible extradition of the country’s two-term president to the United States.
    Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Families would dance to go-go, salsa and merengue music.
    Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
  • On one side, there was salsa, bachata, merengue, and reggaeton.
    Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Bachata, merengue, and salsa music would have played loudly all the way through Three Kings Day in January.
    Evan Allen and Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Hear merengue, cumbia and bachata in the blue room; banda, zapateado and corridos in the red room; and reggaeton and Latin pop in the main room.
    Arizona Republic, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The festival, which is in its 18th year, has a great mix of music including salsa, merengue, bachata and cumbia.
    Chelsea Hylton, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • Pies—lemon merengue, chocolate cream, and coconut cream—are relative newcomers to the menu.
    Eric Velasco, al.com, 24 June 2019
  • Try your hand at salsa, merengue, cumbia, and norteña numbers as waiters in crisp whites with black bow ties circle the room serving liquid courage.
    Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Mar. 2018
  • The white chocolate cake features a lemon curd filling and white chocolate Swiss merengue buttercream.
    The Courier-Journal, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Uchis effortlessly taps merengue, neo-soul, bossa nova, R&B, and even a bit of urbano on the album from a fresh, distinct perspective.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The Los Angeles band’s songs combine socially and politically aware lyrics with a zesty fusion of hip-hop, merengue, cumbia and other Latin styles.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2023

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