Example sentences for: reggae

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

  • At the same time, punk arose in reaction to art-rock pomposity and singer/songwriter narcissism, and reintroduced political content, derived from both '60s rock and Jamaican-born reggae . By the end of the decade, punk and disco were tentatively crossbreeding.

  • In others, though, you will come across bright community murals and perhaps a reggae band playing in a local park.

  • Miller describes Bob Marley's stance as "uplifting unruliness," and notes that when The Harder They Come set Jamaica's record for box-office take, it replaced The Sound of Music , "a musical that perfectly symbolizes the goody-goody moralism that, for better or worse, reggae, like rock and roll, mocked, ridiculed, and beat into cultural retreat."

  • The album is "shockingly raw for mainstream pop, with the first-take immediacy of much great reggae" (Eric Weisbard, Spin ). Rolling Stone and USA Today each give it four stars.

  • As far as the reggae chapter, I'm not sure how much slack to cut him.


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