jitterbug
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It references to Audrey Hepburn and British supermodel Twiggy, and the frenetic editing and jitterbug choreography make it a unique entry in her videography.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2024
How about switching onto a jitterbug of a point guard?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
The Germans banned jazz, but wherever they went, U.S. soldiers, known as GIs, introduced locals to jazz and the jitterbug, popular back in the States.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
It grew out of the jitterbug and the Lindy Hop of the 1930s and ’40s, said D.C. filmmaker Beverly Lindsay-Johnson, who made the 2010 documentary “Hand Dance: A Capitol Swing.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2022
The machine men tumbled down the stairs, and Leo forced them to jitterbug like 1920s flappers.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Another fascinating juxtaposition happened with the dancing, since de Mille’s choreography was supplemented with jitterbugs devised by the king of Harlem ballrooms, Herbert White, who brought along his troupe.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2021
The work emphasizes kinetic folk traditions, whether that means sacred Native American rituals, jazz-club jitterbugs or farmworker jigs.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2016
"Starting off, I had a few jitterbugs, but once I touched the field and saw how the atmosphere was, I got pretty comfortable," Wilson said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2010
She jitterbugs in the "sprints," scrambles for tossed coins.
From Time Magazine Archive
At this moment Reynie felt sure they were made of jitterbugs.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
Bush caught a screen pass and jitterbugged past a diving tackler and exploded into the open field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2017
The computer screens jitterbugged as the information flowed into the market in an entirely new way — lingering there long enough to trade.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2014
At one, in Mold, in Flintshire, they jived and jitterbugged all day long at a 1950s-themed do.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2012
I hadn’t taken a test on anything since college, so anxieties I hadn’t felt in a long time jitterbugged their way through my stomach.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2012
The bottles started bubbling, gently at first, but then they began to shake faster and faster until the whole table jitterbugged.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
His cameos as Blazes Boylan, jitterbugging across the stage with the self-satisfied air of a country rake, were not just enlivening but renewing, capturing the character in a new idiom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
Today, the “damas” or “big mothers” as the dancers are known, can be found dancing in the early mornings and evenings, blasting stereos, waving fans and scarves, while jitterbugging, waltzing and jiving.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2021
Today, the “damas” or “big mothers” as the dancers are known, can be found dancing in the early mornings and evenings, blasting their stereos, waving fans and scarves, while jitterbugging, waltzing and jiving.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
Murray had a jitterbugging critic’s full-tilt mind; Guralnick is more pensive.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2020
She started jitterbugging with me-- but just very nice and easy, not corny.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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