hoedown

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Recent Examples of hoedown Events are planned throughout the week for guests, including hoedowns with live music, guided stargazing, and hayrides. Cynthia J Drake, Southern Living, 25 July 2024 For those of us who can’t keep up with the line dance at the hoedown, Ms. Carter said, Here’s some hip-hop beats for y’all to shake ass on the dance floor. Zoe Guy, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024 Friends made the party their own personal hoedown Saturday at the Irving, Texas, hookah lounge. Char Adams, NBC News, 1 Apr. 2024 The time was 1951, and the place was Ottawa, where the woman was attending a hoedown at the home of Canada’s governor general. Margalit Fox, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hoedown
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoedown
Noun
  • The consensus from the group: The tournament, the NHL’s first soiree in international best-on-best hockey in nearly a decade, did its job.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Sitting at a table inside his bungalow at The Beverly Hills Hotel, his faithful Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Charlie snoring near his feet, Davis pores over his opening remarks for his Saturday soiree, blue inking through some comments, spotlighting others.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • That festival is no more but there are plenty of others, notably the two decade-old Flytime Fest in Lagos, which is stellar for cool crowds, energizing performances and overall pride in the musical genius of Africa.
    Baz Dreisinger, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
  • This year’s festival was Tricia Tuttle’s first at the helm.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Another dealer told me that there is talk that some collectors, still feeling the fatigue from last year’s hectic fair calendar and auction square dance, are using the fires as an excuse to skip a fair that some see as less important than its East Coast counterparts.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Learn square dancing: The Wranglers Square Dance Club is offering a learn to square dance class from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20 in the Seven Oaks Community Center, 16789 Bernardo Oaks Drive in Rancho Bernardo.
    Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The sound editors group invited firefighters to attend the gala as special guests with the audience honoring them for their heroic efforts during the devastating Los Angeles wildfires.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Pageant’s annual gala, set for April 19, is the best show in town; the regular season opens on March 6.
    New York Times, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • California could be ultimately switched out with Dougherty Valley as the Wildcats have two blowout wins over their San Ramon rivals.
    Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Maybe the Huskies rediscovered the championship pedigree with a blowout win at South Carolina.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The developer backed away after getting a chilly reception from Chesterton’s Advisory Plan Commission in November 2022.
    Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The game was the first time in his career that he was held without a reception in the first half of a postseason game.
    Nate Taylor, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Norah is sitting on a chair while her sister looks up to her and dances to the song.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Another venerable Caribbean Carnival tradition is the breakfast party, which on paper sounds like bona-fide madness: wake up in the middle of the night, go to a nice venue, drink and dance until the sun rises, eat a gluttonous drunken breakfast, then return home to get back in bed and knock out.
    Baz Dreisinger, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The duo were all smiles for the fete, which has drawn industry heavyweights from across the entertainment world, including Saturday Night Live cast members and writers past and present, superstar musicians and A-List actors, directors and producers.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Artisans of Wine & Food, Boca Raton January 15 – 18, 2026 The Artisans of Wine & Food is a longtime festival favorite in Napa Valley, California, where it’s been held since the 1980s — and in January, the lavish fete made its East Coast debut at The Boca Raton.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025

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“Hoedown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoedown. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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