How to Use jamboree in a Sentence

jamboree

noun
  • That can include a spring jamboree or spring game in those 10 days.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Camp Humphreys is a US military base in the city of Pyeongtaek, about 130 miles north of the jamboree site.
    John Yoon, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Eagle said Gilroy earned the starting job in last week’s jamboree and spent this week getting first-team reps.
    oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Last week: Baker played Sidney Lanier in a jamboree game.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The host Warriors opened the new season with wins over Austin and Salem at their jamboree event on Saturday.
    Kyle Williams, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2017
  • The football team will not be permitted to participate in a spring game or jamboree in the spring of 2021.
    J.c. Carnahan, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Dec. 2020
  • On another screen my 7-year-old daughter now has enough friends for a Shire-like jamboree.
    Virginia Heffernan, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2017
  • If this sounds like something the Village People would love, or a place where a roller boogie jamboree could well break out... well, that’s just the point.
    Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The club raises funds through T-shirt sales, business sponsorships, jamborees and a car wash.
    Todd Shields, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2017
  • Expect a high-scoring jamboree in the land of Smucker’s jelly.
    Matt Goul, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2019
  • Russia hosted this past week’s massive jamboree in the resort city of Sochi.
    Fox News, 30 Oct. 2019
  • In a jamboree game against Baldwin County last week, Butler rushed for 194 yards and 3 touchdowns in just one half.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The jamboree has taken place at the same site in previous years with no problems, the police spokesperson said.
    NBC News, 24 Aug. 2019
  • One commenter wrote that their son had spent the night at the jamboree sleeping on the ground because there were no tents, cots or other gear available.
    Gawon Bae, CNN, 4 Aug. 2023
  • This year big publishers like Ubisoft and Square Enix used the annual video-game jamboree to show off previews of new games.
    The Economist, 15 June 2019
  • On Friday, downtown has a street fair and flea market, a dance contest and gospel music jamboree.
    Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Cottage Hill has yet to play a regular-season game but did defeat St. Michael 42-7 in a Week 1 jamboree.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 1 Sep. 2020
  • After all, Jenkins piled up more than 150 yards of total offense and 3 touchdowns in the jamboree the week prior to his injury.
    Sam Spiegelman, ajc, 29 Sep. 2017
  • One way to help potential high school and college draftees is to hold a jamboree in a central location before the draft.
    Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Since the jamboree began last week, Capell has had plenty of company under the huge canvas.
    Mike De Socio, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • Across the Baltic sea there are similar jamborees in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
    R.d. | Paide, The Economist, 9 Sep. 2019
  • One month later, an 8-year-old girl was fatally shot after a fight broke out at a football jamboree.
    Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2019
  • In what is becoming a Valley spring football trend, Phoenix Desert Vista is the next school that will host other high schools for a spring football jamboree.
    Richard Obert, azcentral, 4 May 2018
  • In fact, the preparations for the jamboree, which began Aug. 1, were so inadequate that hundreds of Scouts fell ill.
    Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Peer navigators help plan and run events like cooking classes and a spring jamboree.
    oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Vanags hugged his assistant coaches, then took a look at the on-field jamboree almost in disbelief.
    Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Apopka scored touchdowns on the three of its first 10 plays and rolled to two lopsided wins in a spring football jamboree at Deltona Pine Ridge on Thursday night.
    Chris Hays, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 May 2018
  • Kay Strawn, events coordinator for the jamboree, says the plan to honor Travis has been months in the making and the singer was involved in selecting the design of the highway signs.
    Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 15 Sep. 2017
  • You’d be forgiven for wondering why the city of Margate is hosting this year’s jamboree.
    Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Jurnee Thompson, 8, was shot Friday night after a fight broke out at a football jamboree.
    Anita Hassan, NBC News, 29 Aug. 2019

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