How to Use maypole in a Sentence

maypole

noun
  • No one knows the origins of the maypole or knows for certain why people dance around it.
    — Cassie Armstrong, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 May 2018
  • There will be dancing around the maypole, live music and May baskets.
    — Courant Community, 17 Apr. 2018
  • There will be live music, dancing around the maypole and flower crown making.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • For centuries, maypoles have been put up on the eve of May Day to welcome spring.
    — Fox News, 1 May 2018
  • Or a dancer might trail more rope, like a leash held by other performers who wind it around her in maypole fashion.
    — New York Times, 16 Feb. 2022
  • But perhaps the most intriguing is the tradition of the maypole.
    — Kate Franke, Woman's Day, 25 Apr. 2023
  • And no Beltane party is complete without a maypole and a massive bonfire to heat things up.
    — refinery29.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Communities dance around the poles while weaving the ribbons and compete to see who has the tallest maypole.
    — Kate Franke, Woman's Day, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Their traditions include dancing around a maypole -- a symbol which some view as phallic.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 20 June 2022
  • Attractions include a maypole dance, butterfly house, live music, booths and more.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 26 May 2017
  • Watching sickly youngsters dance around a maypole wasn’t the only feature of May Day.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2018
  • With enough time, aquavit, and good food, I’ll be mixed in with a whole mess of them, dancing around the maypole under the never-setting sun.
    — Ashley Mason, Bon Appetit, 16 June 2017
  • The after-ski includes live music, traditional buffet spreads, and dancing around a maypole in ski boots.
    — Lea Lane, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Another Swedish tradition includes hopping around the maypole like frogs and singing a special tune.
    — Michaela Bechler, Vogue, 22 June 2018
  • Stealing each other's new maypoles is another beloved tradition in Bavaria.
    — ABC News, 1 May 2026
  • Flowers are put on crowns and Maypoles, gifted in May Day baskets, and seen fresh at the farmers' market.
    — Kylie Petty, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2026
  • There was something merry in all this going around, akin perhaps to dancing around the maypole, albeit in multi-ton vehicles that can cause injury or death.
    — New York Times, 20 Nov. 2021
  • The Washington Revels lead a procession through the park before dancing around a maypole.
    — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Details — stools, baskets of flowers, a maypole but, above all, steps and patterns — become fragrant, musical, piquant.
    — Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2016
  • In the town square, people would gather to raise the Midsommarstång (maypole), a symbol of fertility, and throw a big party.
    — Ashley Mason, Bon Appetit, 16 June 2017
  • That afternoon outside the school, people will decorate a traditional maypole before joining hands for ring dances around the pole.
    — Jay Jones, chicagotribune.com, 1 June 2018
  • Then Cameron arrives and brings up the drug cabinet again, but Hope hustles him to the maypole to avoid that conversation with Doc.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 20 July 2022
  • Expect traditional costumes, choral singing, and a towering maypole carried in a joyful procession before it’s raised in front of the crowd.
    — Lea Lane, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • That could be the tagline for Ari Aster’s terror-round-the-maypole dread-fest Midsommar, if the movie had even the remotest sense of humor about itself.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 27 June 2019
  • In Sweden, residents celebrate the summer solstice by dancing around a maypole and feasting on herrings.
    — oregonlive.com, 20 June 2019
  • Typically, friends and family gather outside for a party, eat traditional food, make floral wreaths, dance around a maypole.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2020
  • When the maypole stood straight against the blue sky, the marching band played an extra fanfare, people poured into the huge festival tent, sat down on the benches, had pork roast and sausages for lunch — and some more beer.
    — ABC News, 1 May 2026
  • In 1627, Morton constructed a maypole in the town square and invited anyone to join him in drinking and dancing around the pole.
    — Colleen Connolly, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Oct. 2023
  • This is a party, after all, and so the adults, all hopped up on champagne, try a formal maypole dance but make a mess of it and end in a heap, all perfectly in time with Tchaikovsky’s stately music.
    — Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2019
  • Not so Swedes, who traditionally celebrate the change of season, and light, with dancing around a maypole, herring, schnapps, and strawberry cake.
    — Vogue, 28 June 2021

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