How to Use punky in a Sentence

punky

adjective

• The punky style added a dose of fun to her casual fit, and also felt fresh.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2022
• Weak Links More posh than punky, chunky chain-link bags are still trending.
  — Sara Holzman, Marie Claire, 24 Sep. 2021
• Despite the heightened venue, the band retained its punky ethos at the world’s most famous arena.
  — William Earl, Variety, 19 Aug. 2023
• From rising star Lashana Lynch’s red lip to Florence Pugh’s punky new image, here are the best beauty looks from the night.
  — Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2022
• Father Christmas himself takes it on the chin in this punky Kinks classic.
  — Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2022
• Its best moments are those that detail how fans relate to the singer’s punky poetry.
  — Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2022
• Always one to add a punky twist, Rodrigo opted for a black mani-pedi, giving the look a vampy touch.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2023
• The punky, counterculture drink, sized like a tall boy and adorned with a melting skull, has drawn droves of fans on social media.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 29 Oct. 2022
• The track builds to a hard-rocking stomp and, later, a punky gallop, but throughout, the sense of desolation remains.
  — Hank Shteamer, SPIN, 24 Apr. 2023
• Lau has short, punky hair and wore a surgical mask and a thrift-store jacket with straitjacket-style buckles.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
• Just ask Olivia Rodrigo, who has made the skirt suit her preppy, punky signature.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2021
• For the latter track, Madonna sports a punky tailcoat by Findikoglu, inspired by an archival blazer that the singer wore for a performance in Japan back in the ’80s.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2023
• Viv Westwood seemed the perfect, punky designer to be the [basis for] Cruella, but at the same time, Cruella is her own person.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2022
• Rock music can be punishingly punky and fast and loud, like Fishbone, or smooth and rich like the Doobie Brothers.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Sep. 2022
• Sky Ferreira fans were starting to give up hope that the punky pop star would ever release new music again, but the day is finally here.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2022
• Yang partying with punky cyborgs when the family was away, or donning the orange socks and making out with Kyra in the laundry room.
  — The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2022
• The show debuted last summer as a loopy crime caper, with a crew of teen petty larcenists staring down a rival gang of punky-cute badasses.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2022
• In reality, Pee-wee Herman was nothing like us at all, a dreamy man-child in a red bow tie whose sugary smile could curl into a punky scowl.
  — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• This year, the brand was reborn (and abbreviated, to Pellat-Finet) without the punky flourishes for which it was once known.
  — Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2022
• In it, a weird little punky girl with the power to assume any form comes to a formidable warrior (voiced by Riz Ahmed) on the verge of knighthood before being framed for killing the queen.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• For go-go beauty looks, models wore a blend of 90s polish mixed with punky rawness, a nod to the brand’s heritage, without being too referential.
  — Kathleen Hou, ELLE, 9 Sep. 2023
• The duo signed to two hip labels and became the toast of Brooklyn with Treats, a loud and brash combination of electronic beats and punky guitar riffs that Miller played live over programmed tracks at their live shows.
  — Al Shipley, SPIN, 22 Feb. 2023
• The singer-guitarist regularly checked in to make sure audience members were hydrated and doing okay, but didn’t let the heat keep her from packing in a punch with her band’s punky set.
  — Annie Nickoloff, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2022
• Brian Dunne’s Loser on the Ropes is one of the sleeper albums of the year, a collection of melodic yet punky dissertations on finding the perseverance to grow old — if not up.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2023
• Her cheeks are asymmetrically coated in a rusty shade of blush, and her cut crease has a punky, unblended look that works quite well with the unapologetic smudge of blue next to her eye and the flecks of black liner under her lashes.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 28 Oct. 2020
• There were a variety of eyeliner designs, from a 70s punky rounded style to a straight eyeliner starting from the inner corner in an array of yellows, whites, and fuchsia.
  — Kathleen Hou, ELLE, 9 Sep. 2023
• This punky belt features an asymmetrical design, clasping at the waist with a circle hook and exposing the studded leather-like material below.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
• Any book can be wielded as an accessory, but MTV’s paperbacks complemented a particular look, one that was punky and chic.
  — Hazlitt, 4 May 2022
• But her brand of feminism is more spunky than punky, its you-go-girl demonstrations lacking in anything like the ideological piss and vinegar that defined the movement imitated here.
  — Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2021
• During the first few years the quintet molded its trademark sound and style, mixing bold and colorful looks and dance moves with upbeat groove-heavy indie anthems complemented by punky harmonies and bright and playful ukulele and glockenspiel riffs.
  — Candace Hansen, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024