How to Use rumba in a Sentence

rumba

noun
  • The band played a rumba.
  • There is a big rumba influence on it, with this baile funk rhythm.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2022
  • There was lots of dry humping because that happens in the rumba.
    — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Shumpert and Karagach followed up the first week with a rumba, and the judges warmed up.
    — Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Or maybe like a rumba — that could be really fun and flavorful.
    — Marcus Jones, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Well, rumba is good for both of these couples because the guy is sexy and the women are used to dancing around them.
    — Amy Watts, baltimoresun.com, 2 May 2017
  • Jordan Chiles and dancing pro Ezra Sosa danced a rumba.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Jordan Chiles and dancing pro Ezra Sosa danced a rumba.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • So put on some rumba, muddle yourself a mojito, and get cooking.
    — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The style of the show mixes modern dance and hip-hop rather than Cuba's famous rumba and ballet.
    — National Geographic, 12 Dec. 2016
  • But every night, no matter the circumstances, the percussive sounds of rumba filled her childhood home.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
  • Monday's rumba marked a vast improvement for Slater and Donovan.
    — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Normally on weekends, there was rumba playing all over the neighborhood.
    — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2021
  • The pair, however, made a triumphant return as all-stars on season 15, rumba-ing their way into fans' hearts.
    — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Elaine Hendrix and dancing pro Alan Bersten were tasked to dance a rumba by judge Derek Hough.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Dylan Efron and dancing pro Daniella Karagach danced a rumba.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Dylan Efron and dancing pro Daniella Karagach danced a rumba.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Two of Cruz’s ​​Cuban rumba dresses, known as bata cubana, and a pair of gold shoes are part of the museum’s collections.
    — Jacquelyne Germain, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Some enter competitions, instructors say, but most are there simply to learn the rumba, cha-cha, tango, waltz, salsa or fox trot.
    — Livia Albeck-Ripka, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Congolese musicians started to put their own spin on son, developing a style dubbed Congolese rumba.
    — Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2021
  • When Inaba gave a few sharp pointers to Brown during rehearsals for the rumba, Brown began to cry.
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 19 Nov. 2019
  • The rumba, for example, comes actually from the transatlantic crossing of the slaves to Cuba.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Hernando was from Cuba, tall and thin, young and gay, trained in classical ballet but practiced in every dance from waltz to rumba to salsa.
    — Betty Fussell, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Bruno praised his leadership in the rumba, while Carrie Ann said that his use of momentum was mesmerizing to watch.
    — Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The rumba, the cha-cha and the tango help bring a widow out of mourning in this surprisingly buoyant, unsentimental film about grief.
    — Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Robert tells her, which kicks off a farcical race to the necklace, with both of them attempting to navigate a rumba to get their hands on Norma’s jewels.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Sonically, it’s backed by different components of son and rumba melodies such as yambú, guaguancó, and columbia.
    — Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Image The Congolese pop best known worldwide is the re-Africanized rumba that defines styles like soukous and kwassa kwassa.
    — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 3 July 2018
  • La Matancera favored elegant three-minute songs that drew from the many shades of Afro-Caribbean music, from rumba to son and calypso.
    — Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Country star Jimmie Allen danced the rumba to his own song with partner Emma Slater for a 27 out of 40.
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 27 Sep. 2021

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