How to Use flash mob in a Sentence

flash mob

noun
  • Carter also surprised his new bride with a flash mob and danced with them.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023
  • How to escape bad dates, flash mobs, your ex, canvassers on the street, and more.
    — Heather Loase, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Better lighting and open parks do more to deter flash mobs than jail.
    — Marc A. Levin, Washington Post, 24 June 2026
  • Glare at the successful flash mob dancing all the way at the front of the line.
    — Allie Levitan, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2020
  • There are big box store flash mobs, horses, prat falls and, of course, lots and lots of screaming.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
  • And the local deer are massing into what appears to be a flash mob.
    — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The flash mob included many members of the Chasers cast and crew.
    — Ryan Fish, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
  • No, William and Charles aren’t doing a flash mob with the Queen.
    — Peggy Truong, Cosmopolitan, 29 Jan. 2018
  • The spectators then formed a ‘flash mob’ of looters and rushed a nearby 7-Eleven.
    — Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Judy reminisces about the good times with him and his proposal via flash mob, which honestly should've been her first red flag.
    — Jean Bentley, refinery29.com, 9 May 2020
  • In coming weeks, new flash mobs are planned in a dozen more Italian cities, from Naples to Milan.
    — Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2019
  • The flash mob formed on the fifth day of the Weinstein trial, which is still in the jury selection phase.
    — NBC News, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Ever considered a virtual flash mob where all the party guests do a surprise dance for the guest of honor?
    — Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 15 Apr. 2020
  • In the video, Gerwig appeared in shock as the flash mob filed into what appeared to be her Pilates class.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2023
  • These are global flash mobs, and they are driven by the acceleration of events and that transparency.
    — CBS News, 4 Dec. 2019
  • All of a sudden, a jeweled bee comes to life, flying out of the window and bringing color to what becomes a flash mob dance party.
    — Avery Matera, Teen Vogue, 4 May 2018
  • The front porch at the turn of the century was Starbucks, flash mob, church social and Facebook rolled into one.
    — Spike Carlsen, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Greta Gerwig weighed in on things, too, before the tuxedo and pink hat–wearing flash mob hit the stage on Sunday.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Several mall shootings and flash mob robbery sprees cast a pall on Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Puppeteer and Night Fall creator Ann Cubberly will show her work, and there will be a flash mob.
    — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2022
  • In Columbus, Ohio, plans call for a flash mob to recreate scenes from the show Les Miserables.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
  • That includes fairs, flash mobs spurring people to vote and possible prizes like a new iPhone for the most creative selfie posted from a polling place.
    — Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Demonstrators also carried out a flash mob and stood in silence for a minute to remember the women who have been killed at the hands of their male partners.
    — Mélissa Godin, Time, 15 June 2020
  • Once positioned, the troupe launched into a mini routine that harkened back to the early 2000’s flash mob.
    — Kwasi Boadi, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2022
  • Its universe is absurd but graced by wonderment, as if the central characters have joined a flash mob that may yet jostle them off to Oz.
    — Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Jacobs proposed to Defrancesco with a flash mob at Chipotle, getting down on one knee in the middle of the restaurant.
    — Emilia Petrarca, The Cut, 11 June 2018
  • The group followed the pouring of the green dye in the Grand Canal with a flash mob protest, in which the activists strolled through crowds of tourists while dressed in red.
    — Pedro Rodriguez, The Washington Examiner, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Inspired by the idea of a flash mob, the seventh collection was presented as a sort of pop-up show during lunch hour in a park in Copenhagen.
    — Vogue, 30 June 2021
  • The measure died in committee after the pharma lobby staged its flash mob at the 2016 meeting.
    — Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The event has been coordinated as a flash mob through social media, and even though banned with no permit, 3,000 plus have showed anyway.
    — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2018

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