ballerina

Example Sentences

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He once had his ballerinas — dressed elegantly as if on the set of “Mad Men” — saunter onto the stage and gather around a pie before falling to their knees like resplendent crows and devouring it.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s all very different from a time when — like Odette in “Swan Lake” — ballerinas used to be mysterious and, above all, silent.

From Seattle Times

Adler was a freshman at Ransom Everglades School in Coconut Grove and a ballerina with the Miami City Ballet.

From Seattle Times

“What they’re going to see it for, without necessarily being aware of it, is this pop culture idea of the dangerous ballerina.”

From New York Times

A group of bumbling criminals kidnap a young girl and hold her for ransom, but the titular 12-year-old ballerina turns out to have more than just tulle up her sleeve.

From New York Times