How to Use punk in a Sentence

punk

1 of 2 adjective

• The British post-punk group had a prime 6:45 pm slot on one of the main stages, which should have meant…something?
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 1 Aug. 2022
• Other stories are drawn from the cli-fi, bio-punk genre and are great fun to read.
  — Richard Horan, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2023
• The band was Adam and the Ants, and the sound was post-punk or new-wave or whatever the music press was calling it back then.
  — Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2022
• The Cure will be supported by Scottish post-punk band the Twilight Sad at all shows.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 9 Mar. 2023
• The English post-punk, new wave band aimed to keep ticket costs affordable, with some as low as $20.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• Sire enjoyed similar success with post-punk and new wave acts like the Pretenders, the Cure and Depeche Mode, among many others.
  — Chris Morris, Variety, 2 Apr. 2023
• Roach also admired Geese, a post-punk band from Brooklyn that opened for Portugal.
  — Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2022
• Earlier in the afternoon, a trio of friends from Logan Square took a break after seeing post-punk band Algiers on the Rebel stage.
  — Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
• Think of post-punk scrubbed of all darkness, maybe even art: Trademark echoes were offset by a melodicism that veered on loungey, thrift fashion as bubblegum.
  — Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2023
• Irish post-punk band Fontaines D.C. highlights the Velvets' penchant for noise and dissonance in their cover of this track with the very morbid-sounding title.
  — David Chiu, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
• Guest DJs, even those with little to no experience, are invited to spin their favorite post-punk tracks, too.
  — Dallas News, 30 Dec. 2022
• Sire’s next notable signing was Talking Heads, a kinetic, quirky outfit led by David Byrne that became one of the signature bands of post-punk and new wave.
  — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023
• The guitarist known for his epic, echoing riffs said the post-punk urgency of the originals has been replaced with intimacy, with new keys, new chords, new tempos and even some new lyrics.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Jan. 2023
• The jagged, chaotic, exuberant noise that erupted from their recordings and live performances cemented the band’s place in post-punk legend.
  — Melissa Giannini, ELLE, 28 Feb. 2023
• The post-punk sensibility of Vision Video, led by the charismatic Dusty Gannon, is like a spooky, bouncy transmission from the 1980s, an echo of black lipstick, dark lyrics and totally danceable beats.
  — Bo Emerson, ajc, 1 July 2022
• Kincaid programmed much of the station’s regular playlist, a musical soup blending everything from blues, bluegrass, post-punk and other forms of rock to jazz, classical and big band selections.
  — Mark Woolsey, ajc, 13 Jan. 2022
• The post-punk intensity of Autolux's Future Perfect has major elements overblown.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 28 July 2022
• This angular architecture gives Paramore – even at its sleekest, as produced by Carlos de la Garza – a dirtball, post-punk energy that’s irresistible.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 10 Feb. 2023
• The British post-punk group had a prime 6:45 pm slot on one of the main stages, which should have meant…something?
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 1 Aug. 2022
• Other stories are drawn from the cli-fi, bio-punk genre and are great fun to read.
  — Richard Horan, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2023
• The band was Adam and the Ants, and the sound was post-punk or new-wave or whatever the music press was calling it back then.
  — Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2022
• The Cure will be supported by Scottish post-punk band the Twilight Sad at all shows.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 9 Mar. 2023
• The English post-punk, new wave band aimed to keep ticket costs affordable, with some as low as $20.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• Sire enjoyed similar success with post-punk and new wave acts like the Pretenders, the Cure and Depeche Mode, among many others.
  — Chris Morris, Variety, 2 Apr. 2023
• Roach also admired Geese, a post-punk band from Brooklyn that opened for Portugal.
  — Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2022
• Earlier in the afternoon, a trio of friends from Logan Square took a break after seeing post-punk band Algiers on the Rebel stage.
  — Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
• Think of post-punk scrubbed of all darkness, maybe even art: Trademark echoes were offset by a melodicism that veered on loungey, thrift fashion as bubblegum.
  — Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2023
• Irish post-punk band Fontaines D.C. highlights the Velvets' penchant for noise and dissonance in their cover of this track with the very morbid-sounding title.
  — David Chiu, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
• Guest DJs, even those with little to no experience, are invited to spin their favorite post-punk tracks, too.
  — Dallas News, 30 Dec. 2022
• Sire’s next notable signing was Talking Heads, a kinetic, quirky outfit led by David Byrne that became one of the signature bands of post-punk and new wave.
  — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023

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punk

2 of 2 noun

• In 1994, though, R. Crumb turned the dandy into a punk in Times Square.
  — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
• The score is bold and eclectic, with gospel, jazz, rock, blues, and punk.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 10 June 2023
• In the punk scene, those are signs of a successful show.
  — Stephanie Salas-Vega, Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2023
• The former is a no-nonsense pink-haired punk who turns out to be the mom friend of the group.
  — Rachelle Hampton, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
• At 88, Clint Eastwood showed all the young punks out there how it’s done.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 24 June 2023
• Both men were survivors of the English prog scene that punk was in the process of killing off.
  — Brad Sanders, SPIN, 13 Feb. 2023
• The group arose out of the hardcore and punk scene in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2023
• The South Bay has produced some of the most revered bands in punk history.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
• At this point, the punk revolution was old news, and the new wave was in full swing.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Jan. 2024
• For her part, the pop-punk princess left a cryptic comment on the post in the form of three black heart emojis.
  — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2023
• Pop-punk and rap are both great vehicles to get that message out to the world.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2022
• And that night, as a punk band played, Teran, Lyman, and friends bobbed their heads to the music.
  — Hilary Beaumont, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
• Nirvana hearkens back more to the punk days of the early Eighties.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2024
• Poison Ruin is a truly great punk band, but the force field is a moat.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
• The avant-garde writer and punk icon Kathy Acker gave one of her first interviews to the Eye.
  — Hannah Gold, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2023
• To promote the new tour dates, Blink did one of the most online things any punk band can do: played a set at a Denny’s.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2023
• Over the course of the venue’s lifespan, Great Scott hosted DJs, standup comics, and some of the city’s most legendary punk and indie shows.
  — Emma Glassman-Hughes, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
• The two of them both played guitar in the early L.A. punk band’s 1990s revival and roomed together on the road.
  — Steve Hochman, SPIN, 3 Jan. 2024
• Knocked Loose Looking to rage to some top-notch hardcore and punk music?
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2023
• And even when roommates moved out, the house continued to throw punk and heavy metal shows.
  — Stephanie Salas-Vega, Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2023
• Onstage, the band created a cyclone force that put many punk bands to shame.
  — Alex Williams, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• It’s also got a real steam punk chic thing going for it.
  — Noah Kaufman, Bon Appétit, 7 July 2023
• It’s been said that there’s nothing scarier than an old punk rocker.
  — Tristram Lozaw, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
• Wayne Kramer, founding member of the legendary Detroit punk band MC5, has died at age 75.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
• Ari Up and join with a drummer called Palmolive to found the Slits, which became a leading female punk band of the era.
  — Alex Williams, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
• Buitrago was fed up with the violence of the punk scene and craved something different.
  — Beverly Bryan, SPIN, 14 Mar. 2024
• Wear one loosely tied over your tank top like a 2000s pop punk star, or style your tie with a collared shirt for total dark academia vibes.
  — Seventeen, 7 June 2023
• The beloved punk band has lain dormant, at least as a studio outfit, since its 2010 album, Root for Ruin.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 7 Feb. 2024
• The rise of disco and punk made Bacharach’s elegant song-craft feel like a relic from another time.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2023
• And it can all be traced back to an unforgettable day as young fans at a traveling punk music festival.
  — Gen Handley, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2024

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