How to Use bob in a Sentence

bob

1 of 2 verb

• When the dock bobbed in the wake of the boat, the keys plopped into the water.
  — Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• When a wave moves past, the ducks will bob up and down.
  — Steve Nadis, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2023
• The corpse bobbed in the water as the steamship passed the western shore of Fire Island.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
• Floating in the harbor are burned boats bobbing in the sea.
  — Damien Cave, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
• Half a dozen yachts bobbed in the water where the Andromeda is said to have been.
  — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023
• Others snap their fingers or bob their heads to the tunes.
  — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 19 Apr. 2021
• Join the boats bobbing in the blue water and cast a line in one of the finest bass fisheries in Ontario.
  — Molly McArdle, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2023
• Around midnight, just when the lander is supposed to bob to the surface, the storm finds us.
  — Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Feb. 2012
• 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
• The price for new rentals has been bobbing along, not going way up or way down.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 13 Apr. 2023
• Come nighttime, Greg is bobbing his head like a chicken on the dance floor and the Roys are off to their own schemes.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 25 Apr. 2023
• About a month later, it was spotted near the Azores, just bobbing along.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2023
• My colleagues watched my head bob up and down in my Zoom square through meetings, like a ship at sea.
  — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 14 Mar. 2021
• Leah balanced on a paddleboard while my mom and I bobbed in the Mediterranean.
  — Hannah Seligson, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2023
• The agents cut their engines and killed the lights, bobbing in silence in the moonlit waves of the vast Pacific.
  — David Culver, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
• Most creepy is that climate change has warmed the great lake and its long-dead bodies are bobbing to the surface.
  — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 24 Mar. 2024
• One of the trucks had been carrying sacks of oranges, which were now bobbing in the current.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
• Kelce then put his hands over his head in shock as fans cheered, before raising his arms and bobbing them along to the song.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
• With a frown, the man bobbed his head side to side noncommittally.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
• Her jeans were streaked with dirt, and an orange construction hat bobbed on her head.
  — Lizzie Johnson and Lauren Tierney, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
• At midnight, a man bobs and weaves through the crowd holding a stack of giant pizza boxes.
  — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• The two were sitting on a bench at the side of the stage watching the early performances while Carmo bobbed his head to the music and sang along.
  — Ellie Wolfe, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
• The video shows the dolphin bobbing up and diving down a handful of times in close proximity to the man's kayak.
  — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
• In all, police seized up more than 1,600 packets of cocaine held in the bobbing bundles, the statement said.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
• Make the green banana puree: In a medium pot, cover the bananas with water to submerge them; the bananas will bob up and down.
  — Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
• The audience, packed in elbow-to-elbow, had to suffice with tiny two-steps and head bobbing.
  — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
• Jane saunters back and forth, bobbing up and down, and gives guests a quizzical, skeptical look.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• Her next Instagram Story post was a video of the turquoise waters crashing onto the sand, as boats bobbed in the distance.
  — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023
• These came in smaller motions, such as ticking arms and bobbing heads.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023
• The next morning a lifeguard on duty spotted the barrel, which was once bobbing in the lagoon, and swam out to retrieve it.
  — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2023

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bob

2 of 2 noun

• Meg styled the bob with blunt bangs and a high half pony at the top of her head.
  — Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, 16 Apr. 2021
• Colorists and stylists agree though: a gray bob is the way to go.
  — Ana Escalante, Glamour, 6 Aug. 2022
• Gomez is not the first celebrity this year to opt for a bob.
  — Sara Miranda, Allure, 20 Oct. 2021
• Hair trends come and go, but a blunt bob is never not chic.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 27 Jan. 2023
• There’s something about a curly bob that’s so cute, right?
  — Elle Turner, Glamour, 16 Jan. 2024
• Her black hair was in a short bob, her forehead smeared with blood.
  — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
• Here, find some of the best Italian bobs (with fringes and without) to add to your mood board.
  — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 7 Nov. 2023
• The teen kept her beauty look simple with nude lips and a black bob.
  — Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2023
• The result was a just-longer-than-jaw-length bob that could be curled under.
  — Elle Turner, Glamour, 2 Nov. 2023
• Her blonde curls bob between rows of Ramadan bunting, as the yellow glow of the sun marks the first day of the holy month.
  — Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
• The ’do is a sleek, sharp icy-blonde bob—a big leap from Stone’s natural wavy red hair.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Aug. 2023
• The floatplane bobs at the dock, its wing tips leaking fuel.
  — WIRED, 26 Aug. 2023
• Her hair was styled in a shorter bob and topped with a tiara that went with her pink dress and Barbie purse in the next.
  — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
• The wavy bob with piece-y bangs starts dark green at the roots and transitions to a slightly lighter hunter shade at the tips.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 3 Mar. 2023
• As for glam, Bieber had her bob tucked behind her ears, the ends blown out inward.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Mar. 2023
• This cut is a little bit longer than a bob, with enough length to still wear your hair in a ponytail.
  — Christina Oehler, Health, 5 Apr. 2023
• Case in point: a rounded chin-length bob, like Jourdan Dunn has here.
  — Loren Savini, Allure, 13 Dec. 2023
• Only time will tell if lengths continue to grow, or if the bob is here to stay.
  — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2024
• Stray pieces of bass bob around in the congee like little treasures.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
• Hailey Bieber is proving that the bob is arguably one of *the* cutest hairstyles of all time.
  — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 7 Mar. 2023
• Dress up your bob with a half-up hairstyle that uses pearl-laden pins.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 31 July 2023
• Her chin-length bob was styled in a sleek silk press to accent her bronzy glam makeup look.
  — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 20 Mar. 2023
• This hairstyle is slightly longer than a bob and is cut at one length all across for a crisp, clean look.
  — Christina Oehler, Health, 5 Apr. 2023
• Add them to any lob or bob to achieve the sort of effortless style that would make Brigitte Bardot proud.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023
• This one-length long bob makes the most of natural texture.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2023
• The bob has come for Christina Aguilera, because in 2023 the bob is coming for us all.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2023
• Her bob, which was parted on the side, just barely grazed her shoulders.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 14 Aug. 2023
• Kim Kardashian seems to have swapped her meme-worthy blunt bob for a fresh set of blunt bangs.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2023
• Breathe new life into those strands with bangs, bobs, and other flattering cuts.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2024
• Bailey paired her bob with an equally springy glam, with softly smoky taupe eyes, peachy rose blush, a fluttery, wispy strip lash, and lined glossy lips.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 25 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024