jiving

Example Sentences

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"She used to love dancing. You'd put Elvis on and she'd be up jiving and dancing in the living room - now she still taps her foot," said Helen.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2024

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

Is hand jiving to Dancing Queen from inside a stationary Ford Focus on your bucket list?

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2020

The young guard Irving can call to mind a young Earl Monroe, a nervous breakdown collection of jiving sidesteps and spins and jukes.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2016

She drags me onto the dance floor, jiving and snapping her fingers.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen