How to Use jamboree in a Sentence

jamboree

noun
  • That can include a spring jamboree or spring game in those 10 days.
    — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 20 Mar. 2020
  • So, what should a tennis fan expect from this two-day jamboree, affront to the sport, or maybe both?
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Now the festival has grown to an all-day jamboree with a fireworks finale to cap off the night.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024
  • But the invention of the tap board in swimming removed the need for a jamboree of judges and timers around the pool.
    — Laura McCreddie-Doak, WIRED, 20 July 2024
  • Boy Scout jamborees and women’s marches.
    — Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Eagle said Gilroy earned the starting job in last week’s jamboree and spent this week getting first-team reps.
    — oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Peer navigators help plan and run events like cooking classes and a spring jamboree.
    — oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • On another screen my 7-year-old daughter now has enough friends for a Shire-like jamboree.
    — Virginia Heffernan, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2017
  • The summer Fourth of July party is one of the city’s best jamborees.
    — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2026
  • Russia hosted this past week’s massive jamboree in the resort city of Sochi.
    — Fox News, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The club raises funds through T-shirt sales, business sponsorships, jamborees and a car wash.
    — Todd Shields, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2017
  • Expect a high-scoring jamboree in the land of Smucker’s jelly.
    — Matt Goul, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2019
  • One month later, an 8-year-old girl was fatally shot after a fight broke out at a football jamboree.
    — Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2019
  • The jamboree has taken place at the same site in previous years with no problems, the police spokesperson said.
    — NBC News, 24 Aug. 2019
  • Vanags hugged his assistant coaches, then took a look at the on-field jamboree almost in disbelief.
    — Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 14 Nov. 2020
  • On Friday, downtown has a street fair and flea market, a dance contest and gospel music jamboree.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 27 Sep. 2017
  • One commenter wrote that their son had spent the night at the jamboree sleeping on the ground because there were no tents, cots or other gear available.
    — Gawon Bae, CNN, 4 Aug. 2023
  • One way to help potential high school and college draftees is to hold a jamboree in a central location before the draft.
    — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Since the jamboree began last week, Capell has had plenty of company under the huge canvas.
    — Mike De Socio, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • You’d be forgiven for wondering why the city of Margate is hosting this year’s jamboree.
    — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Principal Eric Olsen was amazed by his first jamboree back in 2008.
    — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Jurnee Thompson, 8, was shot Friday night after a fight broke out at a football jamboree.
    — Anita Hassan, NBC News, 29 Aug. 2019
  • The football team will not be permitted to participate in a spring game or jamboree in the spring of 2021.
    — J.c. Carnahan, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The host Warriors opened the new season with wins over Austin and Salem at their jamboree event on Saturday.
    — Kyle Williams, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2017
  • This year big publishers like Ubisoft and Square Enix used the annual video-game jamboree to show off previews of new games.
    — The Economist, 15 June 2019
  • This fall, as the season approached, the Cyclones played in a jamboree, featuring half-court scrimmage games with other college teams.
    — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Across the Baltic sea there are similar jamborees in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
    — R.d. | Paide, The Economist, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Camp Humphreys is a US military base in the city of Pyeongtaek, about 130 miles north of the jamboree site.
    — John Yoon, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
  • In a jamboree game against Baldwin County last week, Butler rushed for 194 yards and 3 touchdowns in just one half.
    — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 31 Aug. 2023
  • After all, Jenkins piled up more than 150 yards of total offense and 3 touchdowns in the jamboree the week prior to his injury.
    — Sam Spiegelman, ajc, 29 Sep. 2017

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