Sentence examples for pop from inspiring English sources
The phrase "pop" can be correct and usable in written English, depending on the context.
It is often used informally to mean "to appear suddenly" or "to make a quick visit." Example: "I’ll just pop over to the store to grab some milk."
verb
To burst (something): to cause to burst.
- The boy with the pin popped the balloon.
She was the first winner of American Idol, before it became a defining juggernaut of a decade's pop culture; it's hard to imagine now, but when Clarkson first auditioned, the fate of the show – let alone its contestants – was an unknown.
When asked to respond to Simon Cowell's recent comment that Clarkson "started to fight against what made her successful … one minute she wants to make pop records, and then she doesn't," she laughs loudly again, but there's a distinct flash of anger as she says: "Everyone's aware that My Life Would Suck Without You and Already Gone were huge pop hits, right?
So her protestations of ordinariness might all seem somewhat disingenuous – though it's refreshing to hear a pop megastar acknowledge concepts such as luck and chance, rather than grimly trotting out American dream cliches and Protestant work ethic myths – were it not for her own career decisions bearing it out.
Other US big names such as Taylor Swift and LeAnn Rimes have been bringing country-style music into the pop charts, while Dolly Parton's appearance on last year's Glastonbury Pyramid stage was a success that took even the organisers by surprise.
I admire Aaron [Jerome, producer], a musician coming from an electronic background, writing what is fundamentally a pop record without compromising any edge along the way.
It started with the video, which has now inspired multiple crowdfunding and sanitary product collection projects to pop up across Europe, the US and Australia.
I don't like to spread panic unless I absolutely have to, but looking at Gove's pop-up initiatives, I think we ought be keeping our eye on the bubbles.
Most unexpectedly, the outstanding Nitrous morphs from a lament to a laughing-gas seller into an unlikely folk deconstruction of Olive's 90s pop-dance hit You're Not Alone.
The range of Putin T-shirts went on sale at a pop-up shop within the most prestigious location in Moscow – the GUM department store on Red Square.
Let the games begin... Day 2 Middlesborough We started the day off with a pop-up show at a YMCA in Bradford where Rizzle Kicks did some freestyling before Maximo Park played.
Honest Brew has a live chat service that customers can contact through a pop-up box on its website.
