How to Use flash mob in a Sentence

flash mob

noun
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  • But the issue has received more notice in the past few years as high-profile smash-and-grab retail thefts and flash mob robberies have garnered national media attention.
    — Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Who would agree to do a flash mob in any year past 2012?
    — Carrie Wittmer, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2021
  • It’s kind of like a flash mob, but spread over a whole month.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2021
  • No, William and Charles aren’t doing a flash mob with the Queen.
    — Peggy Truong, Cosmopolitan, 29 Jan. 2018
  • And what better way to do that than with … a flash mob!
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Glare at the successful flash mob dancing all the way at the front of the line.
    — Allie Levitan, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2020
  • How to escape bad dates, flash mobs, your ex, canvassers on the street, and more.
    — Heather Loase, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Carter also surprised his new bride with a flash mob and danced with them.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Her efforts ended in a Hokey Pokey flash mob in Mrs. B's yard.
    — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The spectators then formed a ‘flash mob’ of looters and rushed a nearby 7-Eleven.
    — Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • And the local deer are massing into what appears to be a flash mob.
    — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
  • In coming weeks, new flash mobs are planned in a dozen more Italian cities, from Naples to Milan.
    — Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2019
  • The flash mob formed on the fifth day of the Weinstein trial, which is still in the jury selection phase.
    — NBC News, 10 Jan. 2020
  • In the video, Gerwig appeared in shock as the flash mob filed into what appeared to be her Pilates class.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The front porch at the turn of the century was Starbucks, flash mob, church social and Facebook rolled into one.
    — Spike Carlsen, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Puppeteer and Night Fall creator Ann Cubberly will show her work, and there will be a flash mob.
    — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Several mall shootings and flash mob robbery sprees cast a pall on Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Once positioned, the troupe launched into a mini routine that harkened back to the early 2000’s flash mob.
    — Kwasi Boadi, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2022
  • Jacobs proposed to Defrancesco with a flash mob at Chipotle, getting down on one knee in the middle of the restaurant.
    — Emilia Petrarca, The Cut, 11 June 2018
  • Some thieves don't even try to hide their crimes, like with coordinated flash mobs.
    — Carter Evans, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The measure died in committee after the pharma lobby staged its flash mob at the 2016 meeting.
    — Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
  • People just happened upon it — an early flash mob of sorts.
    — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Last week, the LAPD announced the arrest of two adults and four minors allegedly linked to four flash mob incidents.
    — Fox News, 15 Dec. 2021
  • All of a sudden, a jeweled bee comes to life, flying out of the window and bringing color to what becomes a flash mob dance party.
    — Avery Matera, Teen Vogue, 4 May 2018
  • Inspired by the idea of a flash mob, the seventh collection was presented as a sort of pop-up show during lunch hour in a park in Copenhagen.
    — Vogue, 30 June 2021
  • Judy reminisces about the good times with him and his proposal via flash mob, which honestly should've been her first red flag.
    — Jean Bentley, refinery29.com, 9 May 2020
  • That includes fairs, flash mobs spurring people to vote and possible prizes like a new iPhone for the most creative selfie posted from a polling place.
    — Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2018
  • In Mexico City, a square full of women of all ages, some of them blindfolded, joined a similar flash mob on Nov. 29.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Ever considered a virtual flash mob where all the party guests do a surprise dance for the guest of honor?
    — Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Finally, a flash mob got everyone onto the dance floor.
    — Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2023

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