How to Use boba in a Sentence

boba

noun
  • And boba can be added to any drink.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026
  • Lead was detected in both the boba pearls and the tea.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Satisfy your sweet tooth with a mochi donut or creamy boba tea.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
  • One of the spaces will be reborn as a new concept with boba and more.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Model Nara Smith making boba from scratch in high heels and a dress.
    — Padma Balaji, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The secret to making the most flavorful boba pearls for tea?
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Customers will have the experience to build their own boba from start to finish.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The restaurant also offers coffee, boba and milk tea, slushees and sugar cane juice.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Bambu, meanwhile, opened at least seven years ago, selling banh mi, boba, coffee, mochi and more.
    — Jenna Thompson april 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Guests would be able to customize drinks with toppings such as tapioca pearls and popping boba.
    — Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Around the corner is a small boba shop with hot and cold teas in dozens of flavors with optional toppings available.
    — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Handcrafted inks named after boba tea flavors.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Drink boba alongside a meal that includes protein, fiber, and healthy fats to slow sugar absorption and keep blood sugar steady.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 19 Feb. 2026
  • This boba shop offers Thai tea, smoothies and slushies with flavors like mango lemonade and dragon fruit.
    — Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The pair became fast friends and started considering opening a boba tea spot after seeing a long line for the drink at a mall kiosk.
    — Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Taiwanese boba tea chain Yi Fang has opened its first Arizona location.
    — Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Some boba teas include other ingredients like matcha, cinnamon, taro, and more.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The family-run boba shop hopes to foster community.
    — Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Tint homemade simple syrup with butterfly pea flower powder, then layer the indigo syrup with milk, boba pearls, and a green matcha tea float.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Their peach martini has a touch of elderflower liquor and strawberry popping boba.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2026
  • This refresher blends mango with pineapple flavors, along with a lemonade base, as well as strawberry popping boba.
    — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Sumo Snow Express’s menu focuses on slushies and smoothies instead of the milk teas found at a typical boba shop.
    — Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The drink was refreshingly light and the boba balls — designed small enough to fit through the brand's existing straws — offered a burst of strawberry flavor.
    — Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
  • As for boba, the chain offers everything from milk teas like classic black, taro and matcha to fruit teas, including pineapple, passionfruit and strawberry.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The menu includes shakes, like a Strawberry Shortcake Krunch, as well as boba refreshers and iced coffees.
    — ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The menu includes shakes, like a Strawberry Shortcake Krunch, as well as boba refreshers and iced coffees.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • This could be as simple as being made into small tapioca or boba-sized balls and adding them into desserts and bubble tea, enhancing common food styles that already exist.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Health inspectors also closed a Sacramento boba shop after spotting cockroaches crawling up a wall.
    — Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Vendors lined the park Saturday, selling everything from jewelry and toys to Korean corn dogs and boba drinks.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 15 Feb. 2026
  • In the midst of the interview, and sips of boba, Fleming takes off a fuzzy looking quarter-zip, only to reveal another, even brighter, quarter-zip underneath it.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2026

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