How to Use pop in a Sentence

pop

1 of 2 verb

• He opened the box, and out popped a mouse.
• One of the buttons popped off my sweater.
• I didn't mean to say that—it just popped out.
• Guns were popping in the distance.
• We popped some popcorn in the microwave.
• The popcorn is done popping.
• My neighbor popped in for a visit.
• Her shoulder popped out of its socket.
• We heard the sound of corks popping as the celebration began.
• If you are busy, I can pop back in later.
• The maître d’ of New Choi Fook popped his head out of the door.
  — Jasper Lo, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2023
• Just pop it in the pot or pan, push the button, and go.
  — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024
• Make the message pop by adding it to the front of a pink or coral greeting card.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2023
• Pull the grits out of the fridge about an hour before lunch and pop the ramekins into the oven.
  — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2024
• Naeher dived and blocked the ball, which popped high into the air and spun back toward the goal.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2023
• Warm a batch of this creamy soup up on a chilly night and pop in a few biscuits to finish the meal.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2023
• When to Go The best time to drive the North Shore scenic byway is in the fall when the weather has cooled and the fall colors start to pop.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2023
• Click play for those, plus a whole face of other spots just waiting to be popped.
  — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 4 May 2023
• The fact that the lovers conform to a type, in their sighing and gasping, seems to buoy up, not to pop, the erotic mood.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
• At some point, the balloon won’t be able to take in any more air and will pop or sputter out air.
  — Julia Ries, SELF, 12 Feb. 2024
• Then the devil pops up, and over the course of about a half an hour, the infant Mary vanquishes the devil!
  — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
• Simply trim the ends of the asparagus, season, and pop the crispy green veggie in the oven.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 9 June 2023
• And now, there's some big news: Randall just popped the question!
  — Sarah Felbin, Women's Health, 18 Aug. 2023
• If the ingredients aren’t right, the off flavors will pop up in each slice.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• When the conditions are just right, the fruiting body, or mushroom, pops up.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 30 July 2023
• The Stand by Me star later popped the question in 2016, and they got married a week later.
  — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2023
• Each piece pops up out of the box and collapses easily.
  — Tanya Edwards, Parents, 25 Nov. 2023
• Daisy De La Rosa, 29, was pulling into the driveway of her Compton home when her tire hit the edge of a pothole and popped.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
• Many of his pieces are street artworks that have popped up around the United Kingdom.
  — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
• There is a slider on the left side to pop out the cleaning bristles, and underneath is a microfiber surface.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026

pop

2 of 2 adjective

• And, with the dawn of a new year, pop divas take over the arenas.
  — Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
• For a while, the convenience store sold the pop brand and, Sheetz said, the customers loved it.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
• The sound is kind of a snap, crackle, and pop—though more like bubble wrap than Rice Crispies.
  — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 30 Mar. 2023
• As a Nineties kid, Robbie also had a strong love for the pop music of that era.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2023
• Hailey Bieber, of course, brought her pop star husband of five years, Justin Bieber.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 5 Jan. 2024
• Bottom: The Trojans went down in order with a pop foul, line drive to right and grounder to second.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 4 June 2023
• The Swifties knew more about the history of the pop superstar rather than some NFL trivia.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2023
• What is the secret to always staying ahead of pop music trends?
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2024
• The pop star shared photos of a new, all-pink look on Instagram today.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Aug. 2023
• The pop star’s tresses, meanwhile, were sculpted by hair stylist Bob Recine.
  — Christy Choi, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
• No pop star in history was ever meant to go off on his own more than George Michael.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 July 2023
• Starting Thursday, Swifties looking to relive the pop star's show will no longer have to rent the concert film.
  — David Wysong, The Enquirer, 13 Mar. 2024
• Taylor Swift has seen pop music’s future and her name is Ice Spice.
  — Neil Shah, WSJ, 6 June 2023
• Clearly, McRae is a pop star who actually wants to be a pop star.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2023
• The pop superstar’s Lover is back on this yearly tally at No. 11.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• After the show, Sel took to Instagram to thank the pop star for an unforgettable night.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 4 Apr. 2023
• The pop star stepped out in Manhattan today in a breezy all-white spring look and her signature red lip.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 May 2023
• The pop star’s debut full-length album will be released on Friday.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2023
• There’s a lot to see and hear in the Bay Area this weekend, from a classic ballet to a pop icon to a Jerry Springer opera (no, really!).
  — Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
• The pop star is set to earn as much as $4.1 billion from her shows, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2023
• In Hollywood and on dance floors across the world, people fluttered blue-colored lashes to the beat of pop music.
  — Pia Velasco, Allure, 6 Nov. 2023
• John Lennon and Yoko Ono have one of the most famous — and fruitful — love stories in pop culture history.
  — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
• The more telling clue that it's related to new music from Gomez, 31, is that the bottom of the page also features links to the pop star's social channels.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
• Video from the opening night of the tour at the O2 Arena in London showed the pop star strumming an acoustic guitar and singing the first verse and chorus — along with the entire crowd singing.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
• Perhaps the focus is on households with consumers of pop music and those who work in this industry.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 13 June 2023
• At the time, Spears also reflected on the song’s pop culture resonance in an interview with The Guardian.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
• Like all the emo and pop-punk bands that blew up during the ascents of those genres in the aughts, Fall Out Boy have had their share of growing pains in the process of building a name outside of a scene.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2023
• The pop star performs June 30 and July 1 at Paycor Stadium.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 29 June 2023
• As one third of The Police, Copeland banged his way to the upper reaches of pop stardom.
  — Heather Abbott, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
• Because the Broad is so pop, there's a lot of neat design stuff in the gift shop, as well as books featuring artists in the collection.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026