How to Use funk in a Sentence

funk

1 of 2 noun
  • Jazz, soul, funk, gospel, rock and roll.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
  • That’s when soul and funk start to peek through.
    — Alma Rota, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • My pops was in my ear a lot, so funk was the thing.
    — Gia Peppers, VIBE.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • That leaves Mavs fans in a bit of a funk.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 1 Jan. 2026
  • How do the Penguins get out of this funk?
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Much of the rest of her seventh grade year was spent mired in a funk.
    — The Arizona Republic, 20 Jan. 2023
  • That is the starting point for getting out of a funk.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Sabonis stood by his point guard when asked about Fox’s funk.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Hicks has an excellent matchup to snap his home run funk tonight.
    — Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Of course, my dad, who was my first funk influence with his band.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 19 May 2026
  • Smith arrived mired in a 3-for-35 funk.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The funk of the cool fish sauce cuts through the varying textures of the dumplings.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Pair with jeans for a standard styling move or a dress for an extra dose of funk.
    — Calin Van Paris, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The funk was nasty and loose; some songs were stretched out over 30 minutes.
    — Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 12 Dec. 2025
  • This is as big a funk as the Dodgers have seen him in, Roberts said.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • His love of jazz, funk, soul, and blues are all framed in his playing approach.
    — Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Music alone, though, doesn’t mean that a person will be pulled out of their funk.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The set brought bass, beats, funk and love, as one of his popular songs says.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026
  • The power play, mired in a 2-for-26 funk, scored twice.
    — Joe Smith, New York Times, 10 May 2026
  • Happ isn’t the only one in a funk in this Cubs lineup.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 25 May 2026
  • The Avs left in their first mini-funk of the season.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Having a funk band in New York was a dream come true for me.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 9 June 2026
  • The real challenge is weaving the rock stuff and the funk stuff.
    — Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The honey does an admirable job of couching the rum’s heavy funk.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 6 June 2026
  • The honey does an admirable job of couching the rum’s heavy funk.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Yet the Padres can’t quite pull out of a funk that is pretty close to a month long.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a great debate as to what’s contributing to this funk.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The Dodgers could weather it if their offense wasn’t mired in such a funk.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • That funk has gone into overdrive in this series.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
  • There are also notes of sweet cream, as well as a mustardy tang and a gentle funk.
    — Hannah Howard, Bon Appétit, 2 Mar. 2023

funk

2 of 2 verb
  • Everything from quartet gospel to funk to blues to soul to classic rock.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 10 July 2022
  • Though hip-hop was clearly the starting point, their songs branched out to funk, pop, R&B, and more.
    — Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2023
  • But the Dodgers’ offense funked up just one run and seven total hits in the first two games of the series.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
  • But every now and then, Holmes likes to funk with the jeans-and-a-90s-shirt formula.
    — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The Birkin Bang is the ultimate cool-girl fringe, and an easy means of funking up a blunt cut or long layers.
    — Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 26 May 2026
  • And there’s always more rising DIY stars on the horizon, ranging from rock to funk to pop to neo-soul.
    — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The results range from EDM to ’70s funk to mournful piano solos.
    — Nichole Perkins, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Popovic, 45, has been making music — her own style of rock and blues with everything from soul to funk in the mix — and touring around the world for more than two decades.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2021
  • Burgos’ style of dancing is quick, energetic, and liquid, inspired by everything from hip-hop to funk to salsa.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2022
  • His music runs across genres, from blues to funk to hip-hop, and his fondness for his home base of Oakland, California, is infectious.
    — Scott Hocker, theweek, 9 May 2024
  • As a musician, Dirty Bird’s Afrofuturistic approach to dance music honors the vintage rhythms of jazz and funk through the lenses of house, jungle, and garage.
    — Arielle Lana Lejarde, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2022
  • Music fans are still mourning the death of legendary singer D’Angelo and lauding how the vastness of his musical experiences, from gospel to funk to soul, permeates his catalog.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • With its 16 original tunes, the wildly adventurous double disc embraced Prince’s broadest musical palette, everything from new wave and gospel to funk and pop.
    — Jon Bream, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2020
  • With its 16 original tunes, the wildly adventurous double disc embraced Prince’s broadest musical palette, everything from new wave and gospel to funk and pop.
    — Jon Bream, Star Tribune, 24 Sep. 2020
  • With that attention-grabbing track and her music’s unapologetic associations to funk, Anitta emerged as a fiery media personality.
    — Myles Tanzer, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2022
  • But Minchin and Alcock are an electric duo, their bristling anti-chemistry transmuting their characters’ respective funks from mostly unwatchable to genuinely compelling.
    — Alexis Gunderson, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Our playlist also includes some fun, summertime anthems that just scream outdoor party time, so there’s a little something for everyone – songs dating back to the 19th century and more modern tunes ranging from country to funk and pop.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
  • With her brother, cowriter/producer Finneas O'Connell, the pop wunderkind continues to experiment and evolve her sound in compelling new ways, incorporating elements of jazz and funk into the song's upbeat second half.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2020
  • All three are excellent musicians, but Spear is a marvel, playing with a fluid style that incorporates multiple influences, from rock to African to blues to funk to Duane Eddy twang, with an innate sense of melody that carries the entire band.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Everyone Orchestra Enjoy a night of interactive, improvisational, and collaborative music in styles from rock, to jazz, to funk, and featuring a veritable who’s-who of Portland musicians.
    — oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2023

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