How to Use boy band in a Sentence

boy band

noun
  • Martin was in a rock group and Zitron had been in a boy band.
    Alexei Barrionuevo, Billboard, 15 July 2021
  • And fans of the group fully believe in the boy band’s message of hope.
    Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Wavedash are some of my best friends in the world, and the greatest living EDM boy band.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 3 May 2021
  • There’s a new boy band in town, and it’s made up of three old British men doing U.K.
    Vulture, 22 Sep. 2022
  • By starting off in first place, the boy band earned their first No. 1, and not just on that list.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2021
  • And no boy bands have stepped up to take 1D’s place, leaving a big hole in the market.
    Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Each team will perform two dances, set to hits by boy bands and girl groups.
    Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Not to scare you, but one of these guys is a boy band manager.
    Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2020
  • This turn marks the second atop the list for the tune, one of the most popular by the beloved Filipino boy band.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • The breakout boy band has played Houston just once, way back in 2015.
    Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 23 Jan. 2020
  • The younger brother of Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter, the pop and hip-hop singer used to tour with the boy band in the late 1990s.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Liam Payne, who rose to fame as part of the British boy band One Direction, is dead at 31.
    Kimi Robinson, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Stokes and Houston are members of the R&B boy band Immature which first came to fame in the 1990s.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Free of his boy band, Styles exults in sound, not image.
    Jon Pareles, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The boy band came close to One Direction's record for biggest week for a group.
    Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 2 Mar. 2020
  • The Philadelphia Eagles' tight end crew looked like a boy band straight out of the '80s.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2022
  • For as much as dance-pop was a force in the 1980s, teenage girls were just looking for a reason to swoon for the five-piece boy band.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 13 May 2021
  • In 2019, the defense ministry ruled the boy band would not be exempted.
    Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • They were joined by several friends dressed as members of the '90s boy band.
    Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle, 28 Oct. 2019
  • And at the very center is mega-successful boy band BTS.
    Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 28 June 2024
  • Five is the ideal number for a girl group or a boy band, but is that enough to call yourself an army?
    Taiia Smart Young, Essence, 1 July 2020
  • But Branch’s boy band brothers step back into the picture and shake up the status quo.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Ringo Starr One quarter of the best boy band to ever do it, Starr was born on July 7.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
  • Echoing Gary’s vibe, the team styled his entire entourage like a cheesy Black boy band.
    Tomris Laffly, TIME, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The company’s main artists include K-pop boy band 2PM and girl group Twice.
    Ardian Wibisono, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Charming is the man who never forgets his boy band roots.
    Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Horan was the only member of the British boy band native to Ireland.
    Libby Cathey, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Move over, One Direction: There’s a new five-piece, British, hunky boy band in town.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Irish boy band Westlife is headed to North America to tour for the first time.
    Spin Staff, Spin, 15 Aug. 2023
  • At age 12, Carter was the youngest member of the Backstreet Boys, the best-selling boy band in history.
    Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024

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