How to Use polka in a Sentence

polka

noun

• The band played a polka.
• With one less step, the spin goes even faster than the polka.
  — Nicole Tsong, The Seattle Times, 17 May 2017
• Sone ripped a strand of pink polka-dot tape from a roll.
  — Lizzie Johnson, SFChronicle.com, 29 Oct. 2019
• In other years, the themes have been hip hop, swing, waltz, polka, etc.
  — Maura Sullivan Hill, Cosmopolitan, 6 Feb. 2018
• Singer Normani, in a polka-dot set, led a dance troupe.
  — Raisa Bruner, Time, 11 Sep. 2019
• On Thursday, Wolf Gruca moved his leg to the sound of a live polka band.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 7 Feb. 2020
• The Dawson's Creek star paired the Saint Laurent dress with sheer polka-dot tights.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Oct. 2019
• His baseball photo was tucked in the back of her polka-dot phone case.
  — Susan Carroll, David Hunn and Emily Foxhall, San Antonio Express-News, 20 May 2018
• Nothing says retro like a good ol' polka-dot one-piece.
  — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 13 May 2022
• At the conclusion of the polka, the celebrants formed a tight knot around the bride, and the groom fought his way through the crowd to reclaim his bride.
  — Nina Reyes, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2022
• Don’t plant a polka-dot garden—a red one here and a white one there, here a pink, there an orange . .
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 May 2020
• Live polka music will entertain the crowds as the meats are served up.
  — cleveland.com, 1 June 2017
• Shabazz Muhammad in a plain white T-shirt and polka-dot boxers.
  — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 27 June 2019
• Princess Diana wore a red polka-dot dress in Japan in 1986, a clear homage to the nation’s rising-sun flag.
  — Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
• Brats, beer, polka and live wrestling are regular highlights of the event.
  — Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2023
• Kate opted to wear a navy polka-dot dress from Alessandra Rich.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 14 May 2019
• After all, the pilot of a transatlantic flight does not pump up the polka after wheels up.
  — James Lileks, Star Tribune, 25 July 2021
• And the bride’s uncle later had a coronary while dancing the polka.
  — Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2022
• And the bride’s uncle later had a coronary while dancing the polka.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
• Check, in the form of real-life ponzi-scheming polka maestro Jan Lewan.
  — Esquire, 16 Dec. 2017
• But so much music around the world is based on a polka, and has accordions involved in it.
  — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Feb. 2022
• Originally, polka bands played in the Ballroom, as well as record hop nights for the teens.
  — courant.com, 19 June 2019
• Polka-dot the fruit with biscuits, leaving fruit exposed here and there.
  — Leah Eskin, idahostatesman, 16 May 2017
• Adyson Rindahl has blue eyes and was last seen wearing a white polka-dot shirt and diaper.
  — Thomas Novelly, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2017
• There are sweeping strings and polka-dot patterned synth bleeps.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 21 July 2021
• Faith, a 16-year-old rising junior at the Maryland School for the Blind, moves with the aid of a walker and wears a dark-colored polka-dot dress.
  — David Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 14 Aug. 2020
• Keep the picnic vibes subtle with a single-ruffle dress in a sheer polka-dot print.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 23 Feb. 2022
• This photo of Spencer as Preston in a white and blue polka-dot dress with a Peter Pan collar and puffy sleeves.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 19 May 2018
• The look of the distinctive vehicles was inspired by the red-and-white polka-dot stylings of Minnie Mouse.
  — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 May 2018
• My mom was 84 and was dancing at polka parlors until her death.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 2 June 2024

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024