How to Use merengue in a Sentence
merengue
noun-
In the heat of the moment, the Colombian singer and his ex sway to the rhythms of the sultry merengue beat.
— Thania Garcia, Variety, 2 Mar. 2023 -
African rhythms became the guaguanco, the mambo and the merengue.
— Philip Potempa, Post-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2017 -
The two artists fuse their styles as the song breaks into an electric merengue melody.
— Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2022 -
Over the course of ten weeks, kids also learn swing, tango, merengue, and fox trot.
— Gwynedd Stuart, Los Angeles Magazine, 22 May 2018 -
Separate the eggs and keep the whites to use somewhere else—like a merengue or your Whiskey Sour.
— Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 3 Dec. 2022 -
The class will include cha-cha, merengue, salsa and swing and easy-to-follow dance steps.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2019 -
El Jeffrey, a merengue song about heartbreak to dance the sorrows away.
— Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2023 -
For merengue: In a medium-sized bowl, use a handheld mixer on high to whip egg whites.
— Brooke Parkhurst, Redbook, 1 Oct. 2012 -
The cake, ice cream and merengue dessert is being revived on all 25 ships in Carnival’s fleet.
— Mary Forgione, latimes.com, 6 Dec. 2017 -
Grab your dancing shoes and come out and enjoy an evening of live salsa, merengue and bachata.
— Amanda Kondolojy, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022 -
The adults moved naturally to salsa, chicha, cumbia, and merengue rhythms.
— Janice Llamoca, refinery29.com, 23 Mar. 2023 -
Edgar Suarez, 32, began singing merengue and rock at the Union Square station in December.
— Kalia Richardson, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2022 -
In one corner of the clubhouse, Sammy Sosa plays merengue music.
— Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2018 -
Carlos Coronel's favorite merengue song played from a small Bose speaker on the ground.
— Julia Jones and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN, 1 June 2020 -
DJ Markoz Project directed the dance floor with salsa, merengue, mambo and more.
— Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 7 June 2019 -
Cars blared music while onlookers, some holding flags, danced the merengue on the sidewalks.
— Lauren Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2019 -
People passing by the restaurant stopped for a little merengue, while diners danced in their seats.
— Trevor Fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com, 18 May 2018 -
In the clubhouse turned frat house, amid showers of Champagne and beer, Parra grabbed Strasburg and danced the merengue to a vibrating beat.
— Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2019 -
Aug. 27 Few are as adept as Ozomatli at fusing funk, hip-hop, reggae and rock with such Latin music styles that includes cumbia, merengue, boleros and more.
— George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 July 2017 -
Set to a merengue beat, the lyrics riffed on the possible extradition of the country’s two-term president to the United States.
— Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2021 -
Families would dance to go-go, salsa and merengue music.
— Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023 -
On one side, there was salsa, bachata, merengue, and reggaeton.
— Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Mar. 2021 -
Bachata, merengue, and salsa music would have played loudly all the way through Three Kings Day in January.
— Evan Allen and Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2021 -
Hear merengue, cumbia and bachata in the blue room; banda, zapateado and corridos in the red room; and reggaeton and Latin pop in the main room.
— Arizona Republic, 25 Aug. 2023 -
The festival, which is in its 18th year, has a great mix of music including salsa, merengue, bachata and cumbia.
— Chelsea Hylton, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023 -
Pies—lemon merengue, chocolate cream, and coconut cream—are relative newcomers to the menu.
— Eric Velasco, al.com, 24 June 2019 -
Try your hand at salsa, merengue, cumbia, and norteña numbers as waiters in crisp whites with black bow ties circle the room serving liquid courage.
— Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Mar. 2018 -
The white chocolate cake features a lemon curd filling and white chocolate Swiss merengue buttercream.
— The Courier-Journal, 17 Aug. 2022 -
Uchis effortlessly taps merengue, neo-soul, bossa nova, R&B, and even a bit of urbano on the album from a fresh, distinct perspective.
— Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2024 -
The Los Angeles band’s songs combine socially and politically aware lyrics with a zesty fusion of hip-hop, merengue, cumbia and other Latin styles.
— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2023
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