Example sentences for: holly

How can you use “holly” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In rock 'n' roll's first decade, songwriters like Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly established its song forms and subject matter: the lives, loves, and modest rebellions of newly enfranchised teens.

  • Critics profess surprise that Scottish director Danny Boyle's follow-up to the much-praised Trainspotting should have turned out to be a "pileup of spectacular flakiness" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). They call the plot, in which a disgruntled janitor (Ewan McGregor) kidnaps and then falls in love with his boss's daughter (Cameron Diaz), "pure, vintage fluff" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). Scenes involving angels, played by Delroy Lindo and Holly Hunter, are said to be especially silly.

  • Holly Brubach, who succeeded Fraser at The New Yorker , kept the standard high during her time there.

  • "When Buddy Holly started adding strings."

  • So on a happy note, actor Jim Carrey and his ex-wife, actress Lauren Holly, have been spotted shopping for a new set of wedding rings, according to the Star . This must mean that what the Enquirer calls their "weird love pact" is working.


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