How to Use go-go in a Sentence

go-go

adjective
  • Two go-go dancers twirled on a bar behind them.
    — Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • One of our go-go boys who’s there from the start is now a go-go girl.
    — Juan A. Ramírez, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • There were now all these discos with back rooms and go-go boys.
    — Nicole Acheampong, New York Times, 26 June 2024
  • English claims that Thomas hired her to work as a go-go dancer.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The dancers are there in their black and white striped shirts in mini skirts and go-go boots.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 7 June 2023
  • The thing about it is a big part of go-go is in Hip-Hop.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The go-go growth that the state was long accustomed to isn’t coming back soon.
    — Bill Fulton, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
  • His go-go game was a good fit for what Sturm wants to do in his hybrid system.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • At another, go-go dancers appeared to shoot fire from between their legs.
    — USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Along the mile route, demonstrators sang along to go-go music and chanted.
    — Camille Borders, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
  • The go-go boots are another example of that.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2024
  • The walls are lined with photos of famous faces, and the jukebox is stocked with Motown and go-go.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
  • The whole trip had been so go-go-go, taking a week to relax in El Salvador at the end was nice.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Dec. 2024
  • After a few go-go years, the early-stage biotech market has cooled considerably.
    — Stat Staff, STAT, 1 Dec. 2023
  • So, cinnamon sugar popcorn keeps up with your go-go-go energy.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • For the latter, there was no better footwear than shiny go-go boots to show Bieber never shies away from some rocker leather.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Christopher Turner was three years older and helped manage Fuller’s go-go band.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
  • The go-go theme extended to all corners of the field and included everyone on it.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The ‘gamine fille’ appeared here and there, such as a camisole style dress, go-go shorts, and a grey flannel bralette over a turtleneck paired with a skirt.
    — Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Not everyone wants to be go-go-go, and a trip that allows people to split off or recharge will keep the whole group happier.
    — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The '90s also signaled the end of the go-go style boot in favor of a mid-calf Western boot.
    — Catherine Kast, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
  • From go-go clubs to gospel concerts The Rare Essence show brought out a crowd of young and old clubgoers.
    — Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The go-go years of China’s economic growth have come to an end, and with them, the easy gains in welfare and free-flowing jobs.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 29 June 2023
  • Safer started out as a go-go dancer, and approaches dance with total abandon and exuberance.
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2024
  • In early key art, go-go dancers clad in vivid yellow hot suits and bright lights surround the stage as a shot at riches and infamy await the contestants.
    — Holly Jones, Variety, 24 July 2024
  • And speaking of the crown, rapper Flo Milli covered her new signature bob with a go-go style hat.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 Oct. 2023
  • This is, after all, the home of Black Broadway and go-go and harDCcore.
    — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Music that bleeds with the apocalyptic collisions of bounce beat-era go-go and the lyrical belligerence of drill.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Joan Prince Crandall remembers the go-go boots and glamour of the early days — and lots of challenges along the way.
    — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 2 June 2026
  • Oftentimes, my days feel go-go-go until that very last moment…as if rushing to get to bed on time is actually the last item on my agenda.
    — Amy Eisinger, M.a., SELF, 31 Mar. 2023

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