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
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
In Monday night’s bouncy quickstep, Rigsby matched Burke’s movements more closely, and though his steps still lacked crispness, he was light on his feet and never betrayed a blink of fatigue.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 19, 2021
As we passed through our lines there was a smart cheer or two from the men, and at one point a band was banging away at a nimble Sousa quickstep as we trotted by.
From The Surrender of Santiago An Account of the Historic Surrender of Santiago to General Shafter, July 17, 1898 by Frank Norris
