How to Use juke joint in a Sentence

juke joint

noun
  • What draws the vampires to the juke joint?
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Jan. 2026
  • What draws the vampires to the juke joint?
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The twins have a truck of liquor and plans to open their own juke joint that night.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The juke joint was a place where people went to hang out and have a good time.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Known for its drug houses and juke joints and hot-sheet motels.
    — Robert Wilonsky, Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2020
  • There are steady accents of bluegrass, blues and juke joint jazz.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026
  • Clarksdale fell by the wayside as the old juke joints dried up over the decades.
    — USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
  • So that chorus sort of lived in the juke joint and over everyone.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Apr. 2025
  • This informed shots of the juke joint and the church in Sinners.
    — India Roby, Architectural Digest, 16 Mar. 2026
  • But their legacy carries on in the juke joints that dot the region.
    — USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
  • His mother was known as a faith healer, and his father ran a juke joint.
    — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2017
  • Dennis said juke joints like Club Ebony were a refuge from a hard life in the Delta.
    — USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
  • As for the juke joint, where most of the action takes place, Beachler spent eight weeks building the set.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The definition was again broadened to mean more of hangout, like a juke joint or a burger joint.
    — Howard Gensler, Philly.com, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Kennedy envisions a modern juke joint with some healthy food options and live music by local artists.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But that night, Cherrie said the juke joint was reminiscent of its early years.
    — al, 13 Aug. 2019
  • The current Crowes tour turns an amphitheater stage into an oversized juke joint.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 17 June 2022
  • Meanwhile, the juke joint is pregnant with the future of soul, funk, hip-hop, and electronic music.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Two large portraits at his juke joint pay homage to his mentors, Stuckey and Jack Owens.
    — Leah Willingham, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The music leans Appalachian, churchy, communal — more porch than juke joint.
    — Arkansas Online, 17 July 2025
  • His brothers open a juke joint in the deep South only to be attacked on their first night by, well, Irish vampires.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 13 June 2025
  • Some of its best moments center on those invigorating music and dance sequences at the juke joint.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The legacy of juke joints can be seen in a new generation of chefs and authors carrying on the tradition.
    — Korsha Wilson, Bon Appétit, 11 Mar. 2024
  • His mother stepped into the managerial role, booking church and juke joint gigs, calling news outlets.
    — Carlo Rotella, Washington Post, 20 July 2022
  • Lindo plays Delta Slim, a boozy blues musician who reluctantly agrees to play at the twins new juke joint.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 30 Dec. 2025
  • His family, which once owned thousands of acres, ran the largest black beach in the state, with juke joints and crab shacks, an amusement park and a three-story hotel.
    — Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 15 July 2019
  • For nearly 70 years, the beloved Bessemer juke joint has been part concert venue, part church, part fortress of gratitude.
    — al, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Kennedy envisions a modern juke joint with a community focus.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
  • At one point the two outlaws stop at a juke joint somewhere in Georgia, where they’re treated like royalty by customers and bar staff alike.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 27 Nov. 2019
  • After chasing success in the North, the brothers return home with the intention of opening a juke joint.
    — Robert Lang, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025

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