How to Use western swing in a Sentence

western swing

noun
  • The group performed a mix of folk, western swing and jazz.
    Chrissie Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 14 Feb. 2018
  • LeBron James and Anthony Davis on the second night of a back-to-back, at the end of a three-game western swing.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Aug. 2019
  • Win those and the five-game western swing that follows won’t seem nearly as daunting.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Lightning: Start a three-game western swing Wednesday night at San Jose.
    USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2017
  • Goran Dragic decided the Miami Heat's three-game western swing was one of those times.
    Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Their tweaks to the blues ultimately gave rise to bluegrass and western swing, which became country-and-western.
    Nadra Nittle, Vox, 5 June 2019
  • Rumors and intrigue surround the couple: Eve left behind an itinerant life riding the rails and singing in a western swing band.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The game concluded a two-game homestand for the Pacers, with a challenging four-game western swing to follow.
    Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Guitarist Pete Krebs often accents the mix, dashing one of Portland’s best standing gigs with pedal-steel licks and the motivic rhythm feel of western swing.
    oregonlive, 30 Dec. 2019
  • That sort of approach is compatible with, and perhaps even a defining feature of, being a western swing band, in Benson’s view.
    BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2021
  • That will be the 12th of 22 races on the calendar and will be the middle week on the circuit’s traditional three-week western swing, coming a week after Denver and a week before Seattle.
    Michael Lerseth, SFChronicle.com, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Philadelphia begins a western swing Monday that includes matchups with the Dodgers and Giants.
    Noah Trister, Star Tribune, 14 June 2021
  • At the time, drummers were a luxury that only successful western swing bands could afford.
    Randall Roberts, latimes.com, 15 June 2018
  • Old time, gospel, the drive and sophistication of bebop and western swing all get jumbled together.
    John Adamian, courant.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The Heat have both Saturday and Sunday off in the wake of their weeklong western swing, making Monday the next day players, the coaching staff and management will be available for comment.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Nov. 2019
  • Having blown a sizeable fourth-quarter lead for the second consecutive night at the start of this five-game western swing, the Heat were bailed out after the Jazz tied it with 6.3 seconds to play by Herro’s heroic shot.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Known for his blend of traditional country sounds and western swing, the album represented somewhat of a departure for the singer.
    Chuck Dauphin, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2017
  • However, the event isn’t limited to just the sweet sounds of Texas, which historically consist of country, blues and western swing music.
    Matt Tighe, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Lovett's own genre-bridging music — which blends elements of jazz, country, western swing, folk, gospel and blues — helps bring people together.
    Michelle Tauber, PEOPLE.com, 11 May 2022
  • Trump, who spent the weekend campaigning for re-election in Nevada, resumes his western swing after the California stop.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Live concerts are returning to North Texas, and options abound this weekend in Irving, from outlaw country to progressive western swing.
    Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2021
  • But the most remarkable thing about Asleep at the Wheel might be a musical group identified predominantly with western swing lasting 50 years.
    BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2021
  • This time, Carper expanded upon the mid-century country-jazz stylings of Daddy’s Country Gold, incorporating gospel, western swing, and soul.
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2022

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