How to Use polka in a Sentence

polka

noun
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  • 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
  • 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 | [email protected], 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
  • On the first day of the chamber’s festival, rows of tables were filled with people eating sausages on a stick and listening to polka music.
    — J. David Goodman Desiree Rios, New York Times, 4 May 2024

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