How to Use bounce around in a Sentence

bounce around

phrasal verb
  • Gaga moved in tune with her dancers, shuffling up and down a gold staircase while their pink feather pompoms bounced around her.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2024
  • Since then, the case has bounced around the Arizona courts.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 23 Apr. 2024
  • His shot bounced around the rim and dropped through the hoop with three seconds to spare.
    Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • He’s bounced around the league since 2020, having a stint with eight clubs.
    Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 21 July 2023
  • This is a trend that has bounced around TikTok all of 2023.
    Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
  • That's one Phish fan who won't be bouncing around the room any time soon.
    EW.com, 8 June 2024
  • That included one 3 that hit the side rim, bounced around and rolled in.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The number of available jobs set records and bounced around those heights for much of the past two years.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN, 31 May 2023
  • Gone is the goofy laugh, long beard and thick bushy hair of Elliott bouncing around The Star.
    Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 1 June 2023
  • The crew was just being dragged from one country to the next, and just bouncing around.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Points will bounce around the complex plane in certain ways.
    Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
  • As the gala ends, guests rush to the after-parties, many of whom bounce around New York City all night long.
    Luis Giraldo, CBS News, 6 May 2024
  • Instead, the films bounce around in time and connect in compelling ways.
    Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024
  • For some reason, the comment stays with me, bouncing around my head on the Acela back to New York.
    Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 July 2024
  • Cline, a Texas native, bounced around foster homes as a child.
    Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Keep that in mind as the numbers bounce around between now and election day.
    David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2024
  • The law faced a legal challenge and has been bouncing around appeals courts for the past few years.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2023
  • This can be less desirable on a jet ski, of course, when part of the fun is bouncing around on the whitecaps.
    WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The latter effect is the result of light bouncing around inside the lens.
    PCMAG, 6 June 2024
  • Since then he’s bounced around the G League and in 2021 played for a professional team in Turkey.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Case’s journey through courts The case has bounced around in the federal courts for years, been thrown out and revived.
    Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Growth rates bounce around from quarter to quarter, but that’s a big number.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Rory had bounced around the foster care system from the age of 3 until she was adopted at 5.
    Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Meanwhile, Fisher has bounced around the minor leagues.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • At some moments, her voice would bounce around the stage, berating her as her body clenched in horror.
    Kally Patz, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Some of those condoms got turned into balloons and were bouncing around on top of the dancing crowds.
    By Alex Harris, Ismael Moreira and Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The former outfielder bounced around the minor leagues as a two-time 40-base stealer.
    Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The story of the late Candy arriving late and hungover to Splash's set in order to shoot that scene has bounced around for some time.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The Rapids’ game-winner came off of winger Calvin Harris’ head in the 59th minute after the ball bounced around the box on a corner, off the crossbar and right in front of Harris.
    Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 10 Aug. 2024
  • The story bounces around in time a bit, and at first this seems to be because it’s being told by the highly distractable William Knifeman.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2023

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