How to Use catchy in a Sentence

catchy

adjective
  • The new slogan isn't as catchy as the old one.
  • I can't think of a catchy name for my blog.
  • Sure, some of these tracks are catchy.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • At least there’s a catchy name for it.
    — Adam Nemeroff, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Take a look at these fun and catchy clips.
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 24 Oct. 2025
  • And along the way, there will be lots of laughs and catchy tunes.
    — Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2020
  • So many catchy hooks, so many cute costumes.
    — Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The album is filled with a dozen catchy, fun pop bops.
    — Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • One of the season’s best gags is about how catchy their chants are.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2020
  • The show was also quirky and fun — with catchy songs, to boot.
    — Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 20 June 2026
  • The idea came from his mother-in-law, hence the catchy name.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Her brash style feels new but is catchy enough to make it on pop radio.
    — Fortune Staff, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Our show is filled with joy and emotion, and the songs are catchy as hell.
    — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This isn’t a fad diet with a catchy acronym.
    — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The song is just so damn catchy and fun for the whole family.
    — Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The songs are catchy, but the lyrics give little of Lopez away.
    — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2022
  • First, the music on this soundtrack is just very catchy.
    — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2025
  • There’s murder and rabies and sharp teeth and catchy songs.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Honor our bravest and tribute the songstress with this catchy tune.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 13 May 2021
  • The songs themselves are too catchy and lawless not to bring thrills.
    — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 11 May 2021
  • His flow is catchy and the breakdown at the end is fun, if not a bit on-the-nose.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 2 May 2024
  • The song’s catchy dance pop hooks stay true to the group’s signature sound.
    — Lai Frances, Glamour, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Pop hooks, catchy lyrics, over-the-top spectacle — what’s not to like?
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The song, with its very catchy hook, was featured in the trailer for the film last month.
    — Charu Sinha, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Her punchy lyrics and catchy flow had everyone hooked from the start–and her reign spans decades.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 1 July 2024
  • The catchy earworm is one of the most successful tracks of all time.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 May 2021
  • The songs seem, at first, too catchy, the backing tracks too groovy, to be of substance.
    — Michael Corcoran, ExpressNews.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • The song has all the classic hallmarks of a catchy kids' earworm.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Of course such a thing would be catchy and multilingual.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
  • He's got memorably catchy songs.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025

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