quickstep

Example Sentences

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The quickstep and jive hailed from an era of Brylcreem and Butlin's holidays.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2023

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

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2023

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

McKeon said she probably fractured the foot practicing "three weeks of quickstep" for last week's "DWTS" premiere.

From Fox News • Oct. 2, 2018

The next morning at sunrise, Israel swung his knapsack, shouldered his musket, and, with Patterson's regiment, was on the march, quickstep, towards Boston.

From Israel Potter by Melville, Herman