quickstep

Example Sentences

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Back in the actual 1990s, ice dancers cycled through traditional dances: samba, blues, polka, rumba, quickstep, tango, jive, paso doble, Viennese waltz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Feeling safe and among their own, they made many friends there while polishing off their tango and quickstep.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2023

They danced a quickstep to The Muppet Show theme, from The Muppets Movie, on Saturday night and scored 25 points from the judges.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2021

Carrie Ann calls it “a little wild” and cautions him to watch his posture, but she likes that it had way more passion than you usually see in a quickstep.

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2020

Sometimes they were called upon to lend a helping hand at the capstan, or to tread the gang plank to a "wood up" quickstep.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman