How to Use bob in a Sentence

bob

1 of 2 verb
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  • When the dock bobbed in the wake of the boat, the keys plopped into the water.
    — Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • When a wave moves past, the ducks will bob up and down.
    — Steve Nadis, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The corpse bobbed in the water as the steamship passed the western shore of Fire Island.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Floating in the harbor are burned boats bobbing in the sea.
    — Damien Cave, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Half a dozen yachts bobbed in the water where the Andromeda is said to have been.
    — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Others snap their fingers or bob their heads to the tunes.
    — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Join the boats bobbing in the blue water and cast a line in one of the finest bass fisheries in Ontario.
    — Molly McArdle, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Around midnight, just when the lander is supposed to bob to the surface, the storm finds us.
    — Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Feb. 2012
  • And that night, as a punk band played, Teran, Lyman, and friends bobbed their heads to the music.
    — Hilary Beaumont, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The price for new rentals has been bobbing along, not going way up or way down.
    — Anna Bahney, CNN, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Come nighttime, Greg is bobbing his head like a chicken on the dance floor and the Roys are off to their own schemes.
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 25 Apr. 2023
  • About a month later, it was spotted near the Azores, just bobbing along.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2023
  • My colleagues watched my head bob up and down in my Zoom square through meetings, like a ship at sea.
    — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Leah balanced on a paddleboard while my mom and I bobbed in the Mediterranean.
    — Hannah Seligson, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The agents cut their engines and killed the lights, bobbing in silence in the moonlit waves of the vast Pacific.
    — David Culver, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Most creepy is that climate change has warmed the great lake and its long-dead bodies are bobbing to the surface.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 24 Mar. 2024
  • One of the trucks had been carrying sacks of oranges, which were now bobbing in the current.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Kelce then put his hands over his head in shock as fans cheered, before raising his arms and bobbing them along to the song.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
  • With a frown, the man bobbed his head side to side noncommittally.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Her jeans were streaked with dirt, and an orange construction hat bobbed on her head.
    — Lizzie Johnson and Lauren Tierney, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
  • At midnight, a man bobs and weaves through the crowd holding a stack of giant pizza boxes.
    — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The two were sitting on a bench at the side of the stage watching the early performances while Carmo bobbed his head to the music and sang along.
    — Ellie Wolfe, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The video shows the dolphin bobbing up and diving down a handful of times in close proximity to the man's kayak.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
  • In all, police seized up more than 1,600 packets of cocaine held in the bobbing bundles, the statement said.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Make the green banana puree: In a medium pot, cover the bananas with water to submerge them; the bananas will bob up and down.
    — Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The audience, packed in elbow-to-elbow, had to suffice with tiny two-steps and head bobbing.
    — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Jane saunters back and forth, bobbing up and down, and gives guests a quizzical, skeptical look.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Her next Instagram Story post was a video of the turquoise waters crashing onto the sand, as boats bobbed in the distance.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023
  • These came in smaller motions, such as ticking arms and bobbing heads.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The next morning a lifeguard on duty spotted the barrel, which was once bobbing in the lagoon, and swam out to retrieve it.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2023
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bob

2 of 2 noun
  • Meg styled the bob with blunt bangs and a high half pony at the top of her head.
    — Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Colorists and stylists agree though: a gray bob is the way to go.
    — Ana Escalante, Glamour, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Gomez is not the first celebrity this year to opt for a bob.
    — Sara Miranda, Allure, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Hair trends come and go, but a blunt bob is never not chic.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 27 Jan. 2023
  • There’s something about a curly bob that’s so cute, right?
    — Elle Turner, Glamour, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Her black hair was in a short bob, her forehead smeared with blood.
    — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Here, find some of the best Italian bobs (with fringes and without) to add to your mood board.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The teen kept her beauty look simple with nude lips and a black bob.
    — Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The result was a just-longer-than-jaw-length bob that could be curled under.
    — Elle Turner, Glamour, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Her blonde curls bob between rows of Ramadan bunting, as the yellow glow of the sun marks the first day of the holy month.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The ’do is a sleek, sharp icy-blonde bob—a big leap from Stone’s natural wavy red hair.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The floatplane bobs at the dock, its wing tips leaking fuel.
    — WIRED, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Her hair was styled in a shorter bob and topped with a tiara that went with her pink dress and Barbie purse in the next.
    — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The wavy bob with piece-y bangs starts dark green at the roots and transitions to a slightly lighter hunter shade at the tips.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 3 Mar. 2023
  • As for glam, Bieber had her bob tucked behind her ears, the ends blown out inward.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Mar. 2023
  • This cut is a little bit longer than a bob, with enough length to still wear your hair in a ponytail.
    — Christina Oehler, Health, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Case in point: a rounded chin-length bob, like Jourdan Dunn has here.
    — Loren Savini, Allure, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Only time will tell if lengths continue to grow, or if the bob is here to stay.
    — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Stray pieces of bass bob around in the congee like little treasures.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Hailey Bieber is proving that the bob is arguably one of *the* cutest hairstyles of all time.
    — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Dress up your bob with a half-up hairstyle that uses pearl-laden pins.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 31 July 2023
  • Her chin-length bob was styled in a sleek silk press to accent her bronzy glam makeup look.
    — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 20 Mar. 2023
  • This hairstyle is slightly longer than a bob and is cut at one length all across for a crisp, clean look.
    — Christina Oehler, Health, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Add them to any lob or bob to achieve the sort of effortless style that would make Brigitte Bardot proud.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023
  • This one-length long bob makes the most of natural texture.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The bob has come for Christina Aguilera, because in 2023 the bob is coming for us all.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Her bob, which was parted on the side, just barely grazed her shoulders.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Kim Kardashian seems to have swapped her meme-worthy blunt bob for a fresh set of blunt bangs.
    — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Adut Akech, for one, got a new bob as part of her natural hair growth journey.
    — Essence, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Alongside mullets and shags, the French bob is one of the trendiest haircuts of the past couple of years, and with good reason.
    — Allure Editors, Allure, 10 Mar. 2022

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