ballerina

Example Sentences

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A dancer who became Britain's first black professional ballerina has had her pointed shoes restored on the television programme, The Repair Shop.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

The story is completely absurd, filled with plot holes and characters as thin as a prima ballerina.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Thousands of people waiting in a rainy Piazza del Duomo cheered as torchbearer Nicoletta Manni, an Italian ballerina, carried it into the square, over an hour behind schedule.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

The writer Jia Tolentino characterized it as “what a ballerina might do if you concussed her and then made her snort caffeine pills.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 11, 2025

She said to me, “Well, sweetie, you won’t be able to wear a long-sleeved leotard with a turtleneck when you’re a world-famous ballerina, so you might as well get used to not wearing one now.”

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince