How to Use funk in a Sentence

funk

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• Everything from quartet gospel to funk to blues to soul to classic rock.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 10 July 2022
• The results range from EDM to ’70s funk to mournful piano solos.
  — Nichole Perkins, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2021
• Popovic, 45, has been making music — her own style of rock and blues with everything from soul to funk in the mix — and touring around the world for more than two decades.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2021
• British guitarist plays everything from country to funk.
  — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2022
• With its 16 original tunes, the wildly adventurous double disc embraced Prince’s broadest musical palette, everything from new wave and gospel to funk and pop.
  — Jon Bream, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2020
• With her brother, cowriter/producer Finneas O'Connell, the pop wunderkind continues to experiment and evolve her sound in compelling new ways, incorporating elements of jazz and funk into the song's upbeat second half.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2020
• With that attention-grabbing track and her music’s unapologetic associations to funk, Anitta emerged as a fiery media personality.
  — Myles Tanzer, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2022
• Everyone Orchestra Enjoy a night of interactive, improvisational, and collaborative music in styles from rock, to jazz, to funk, and featuring a veritable who’s-who of Portland musicians.
  — oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2023
• Everything from quartet gospel to funk to blues to soul to classic rock.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 10 July 2022
• The results range from EDM to ’70s funk to mournful piano solos.
  — Nichole Perkins, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2021
• Popovic, 45, has been making music — her own style of rock and blues with everything from soul to funk in the mix — and touring around the world for more than two decades.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2021
• British guitarist plays everything from country to funk.
  — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2022
• With its 16 original tunes, the wildly adventurous double disc embraced Prince’s broadest musical palette, everything from new wave and gospel to funk and pop.
  — Jon Bream, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2020
• With her brother, cowriter/producer Finneas O'Connell, the pop wunderkind continues to experiment and evolve her sound in compelling new ways, incorporating elements of jazz and funk into the song's upbeat second half.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2020
• With that attention-grabbing track and her music’s unapologetic associations to funk, Anitta emerged as a fiery media personality.
  — Myles Tanzer, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2022
• Everyone Orchestra Enjoy a night of interactive, improvisational, and collaborative music in styles from rock, to jazz, to funk, and featuring a veritable who’s-who of Portland musicians.
  — oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2023
• Everything from quartet gospel to funk to blues to soul to classic rock.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 10 July 2022
• The results range from EDM to ’70s funk to mournful piano solos.
  — Nichole Perkins, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2021
• Popovic, 45, has been making music — her own style of rock and blues with everything from soul to funk in the mix — and touring around the world for more than two decades.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2021
• British guitarist plays everything from country to funk.
  — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2022
• With its 16 original tunes, the wildly adventurous double disc embraced Prince’s broadest musical palette, everything from new wave and gospel to funk and pop.
  — Jon Bream, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2020
• With her brother, cowriter/producer Finneas O'Connell, the pop wunderkind continues to experiment and evolve her sound in compelling new ways, incorporating elements of jazz and funk into the song's upbeat second half.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2020
• With that attention-grabbing track and her music’s unapologetic associations to funk, Anitta emerged as a fiery media personality.
  — Myles Tanzer, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2022
• Everyone Orchestra Enjoy a night of interactive, improvisational, and collaborative music in styles from rock, to jazz, to funk, and featuring a veritable who’s-who of Portland musicians.
  — oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2023
• Everything from quartet gospel to funk to blues to soul to classic rock.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 10 July 2022
• The results range from EDM to ’70s funk to mournful piano solos.
  — Nichole Perkins, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2021
• Popovic, 45, has been making music — her own style of rock and blues with everything from soul to funk in the mix — and touring around the world for more than two decades.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2021
• British guitarist plays everything from country to funk.
  — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2022
• With its 16 original tunes, the wildly adventurous double disc embraced Prince’s broadest musical palette, everything from new wave and gospel to funk and pop.
  — Jon Bream, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2020
• With her brother, cowriter/producer Finneas O'Connell, the pop wunderkind continues to experiment and evolve her sound in compelling new ways, incorporating elements of jazz and funk into the song's upbeat second half.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2020

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funk

2 of 2 noun

• The funk of the cool fish sauce cuts through the varying textures of the dumplings.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
• Much of the rest of her seventh grade year was spent mired in a funk.
  — The Arizona Republic, 20 Jan. 2023
• Herbs in the crisp fritter balance the funk of the offal.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
• The Soul Rebels then took the crowd to the next level with its unique brand of soul, funk, R&B, rock, pop and jazz.
  — Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 19 June 2023
• But when the spirit strikes him, Clinton can still give up the funk with the best of them.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
• Brown was among the founding members of the iconic funk group Kool & the Gang.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
• All that funk and Reid went for it anyway, rather than punt to extend the game.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• Could this series – just a bus ride away – snap the Warriors out of that funk?
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2023
• On the flip side, this might be the day Cleveland slugger Jose Ramirez snaps out of his funk.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2023
• The vanilla pops just enough to sweeten the sip, but not so much that the tangy funk of the sour ale is smothered.
  — Dallas News, 28 July 2022
• The group went on to help to define the soulful sound of the ‘70s and become one of the most iconic funk bands of all time.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
• The honey does an admirable job of couching the rum’s heavy funk.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2023
• The Warriors’ funk stunk most in the first half, filling the box score with 10 turnovers and gifting the Nets with 15 points off them.
  — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
• Sabonis stood by his point guard when asked about Fox’s funk.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 23 Jan. 2024
• Pair with jeans for a standard styling move or a dress for an extra dose of funk.
  — Calin Van Paris, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2024
• The Huskies, however, have won three in a row themselves and seem to have snapped out of last month’s funk.
  — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2023
• Ma starts out the novel a new widow in a funk, in bed in her son’s home in New Delhi.
  — Anjum Hasan, The New York Review of Books, 2 Mar. 2023
• The first iteration of Kings Go Forth was not a soul/funk band.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2023
• One reason Parker proposed the concert was to get the King out of his funk.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• The funk is bulletproof and the band’s chemistry keeps every song fresh and tight.
  — David Hochman, Forbes, 16 July 2023
• The Badgers appear to have shaken out of the offensive funk that plagued them at the time.
  — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
• There are also notes of sweet cream, as well as a mustardy tang and a gentle funk.
  — Hannah Howard, Bon Appétit, 2 Mar. 2023
• Still, the Gap Band’s funk and R&B sound helped give rise to an entirely new genre of music: hip-hop.
  — Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• Next: Take two of three from Tampa Bay, coming off its own funk.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 17 July 2023
• Off the field, McDaniel has to be able to squeeze one more victory out of his team, which has been in a funk for the past few weeks.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2023
• Paint can be used to lend attitude to a space—or dial up the funk that's already present.
  — Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 12 Aug. 2022
• Park was putting on lipstick when asked about her secrets for pulling herself out of a funk.
  — Averi Kremposky, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
• Someone or something needed to snap the Buckeyes out of that funk.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2022
• The meal began with a bowl of tofu and doenjang broth, its narcotic, earthy funk hitting the taste buds like surround sound reaching the ears.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• The evening ended with the iconic funk band The Bar-Kays bringing everyone to the dance floor for a boogie to celebrate a night of benefaction.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 5 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024