conga line

noun

Examples of conga line in a Sentence

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In the 1980s, there was a conga line of Cash Box chart directors. Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024 Six upright, life-size wooden marionettes, joined together at the hands with bamboo poles to form a sinister conga line, jump into the dance of death whenever an audience member takes the lead and uses the poles to set a stiff choreography. Maricarmen Barrios, ARTnews.com, 26 July 2024 The animal dancers, soon facing a standing crowd snapping pics and taking videos, ended their performance by starting a conga line that got the crowd warmed up for the big musical star of the night. Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024 Wearing brightly colored ornate costumes, the band members handed out maracas to the crowd and invited them to join them for a conga line. Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for conga line 

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of conga line was in 1938

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“Conga line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conga%20line. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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