grooved
Americanverb
adjective
Other Word Forms
- ungrooved adjective
Etymology
Origin of grooved
Example Sentences
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Still, the energy in the room remained high as the crowd sang, bobbed their heads and grooved to the music from the comfort of their plush seats.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026
On the floors of many valleys and craters, swirling, grooved patterns reveal where icy material once moved during an earlier martian ice age.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025
During Bomba Estéreo’s energizing set, a dozen or so kids, some atop their parents’ bouncing shoulders, grooved to the vibrantly clopping percussion on the hard-surface dance floor laid in front of the stage.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024
Set to a backdrop of Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” the dancers, from the Brooklyn-based group Diversity of Dance, bounced, leaped and grooved down the aisles through the crowd before taking the stage.
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2023
He nocked it, let it rest across the handgrip, and drew the string and grooved butt of the arrow, aiming from where he sat upon the stool.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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