How to Use boy band in a Sentence

boy band

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  • There’s a new boy band in town, and it’s made up of three old British men doing U.K.
    — Vulture, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The younger brother of Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter, the pop and hip-hop singer used to tour with the boy band in the late 1990s.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The Philadelphia Eagles' tight end crew looked like a boy band straight out of the '80s.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2022
  • In 2019, the defense ministry ruled the boy band would not be exempted.
    — Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • But Branch’s boy band brothers step back into the picture and shake up the status quo.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Ringo Starr One quarter of the best boy band to ever do it, Starr was born on July 7.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
  • Echoing Gary’s vibe, the team styled his entire entourage like a cheesy Black boy band.
    — Tomris Laffly, TIME, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The company’s main artists include K-pop boy band 2PM and girl group Twice.
    — Ardian Wibisono, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Charming is the man who never forgets his boy band roots.
    — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Horan was the only member of the British boy band native to Ireland.
    — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Move over, One Direction: There’s a new five-piece, British, hunky boy band in town.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Irish boy band Westlife is headed to North America to tour for the first time.
    — Spin Staff, Spin, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Stray Kids are now just the second K-pop boy band to earn more than one gold album in the United States.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The longer length makes this hairstyle reminiscent of a '90s boy band star.
    — Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Mirror is a boy band that sings in Cantonese, the local language in Hong Kong.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 29 July 2022
  • Last year, boy band BTS held a major public concert in support of the city’s bid.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 July 2023
  • The kids have cellphones and Tamagotchi-style virtual pets, and the thing Mei and her friends want most in the world is to see a boy band called 4*Town in concert.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Mar. 2022
  • For starters, a boy band with members named Jungkook and Jimin is a household name in America.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023
  • In a new advertisement for the cat food brand, Chasez joined a different kind of boy band — full of cats.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 18 July 2023
  • The boy-band lore is that the Backstreet Boys were initially less than thrilled that this new boy band was suddenly on the scene.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Since spring, the actor has rocked a mop threaded through with ribbons of golden blonde worthy of a Y2K boy band.
    — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The video featured grainy footage of the bright-eyed boy band making the most out of their stardom, not knowing if or when the rollercoaster would drop.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The 13 tracks feel rewarding, in a way, to those who've followed the star from his modest boy band beginnings.
    — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 16 May 2022
  • With his wife Chrissy Teigen and daughter Luna, Legend took a snapshot with the boy band.
    — Jude Zhu, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Menudo is pulling the curtain back on what went down during their years as the biggest Latin boy band in history.
    — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 9 June 2022
  • Her first front-page story from Japan was about the middle-aged dissolution of a beloved boy band.
    — Claire Moses, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Finally, a collection of five dapper gents hangs tough above the bed like an old-timey boy band.
    — Rachel Hardage Barrett, Country Living, 11 Oct. 2022
  • If the five senses were a boy band, smell would certainly be the least popular member.
    — Tracy Wan, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Temptation, the K-pop boy band quickly set the Internet ablaze with the dreamy, skin-baring set of photos and videos.
    — Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Between the two of them, Billie Eilish and Finneas have worn many hats: solo artist, producer, and now … boy band?
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 25 Feb. 2022

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