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
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
Dorothy WhiteHorse, 89, a Kiowa who attended Riverside in the 1940s, said she recalled learning to dance the jitterbug in the school’s gymnasium and learning to speak English for the first time.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
Its somewhat deceptive jitterbug vibe is accompanied by World War II-era recordings by the Andrews Sisters, leading many to believe it was an antiwar piece, but Taylor denied this.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2021
“I’ll have you know I was quite the jitterbug in my youth,” Father Mulrooney said.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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
He built up a sizable following of jitterbugs for his record program, White Heat, enrolled many a hepcat in his White Heat Club of America.
From Time Magazine Archive
“These mollicoddled jitterbugs show what they’re made of. Just a bunch of cry babies.”
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
Reynolds jitterbugged with their mother to “Mom” by Meghan Trainor “because she taught me how to jitterbug,” they said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
Bush caught a screen pass and jitterbugged past a diving tackler and exploded into the open field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2017
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 their stereos, waving fans and scarves, while jitterbugging, waltzing and jiving.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
It’s a collection of interconnected scenes set during World War II, with songs by the Andrews Sisters and sweet young people jitterbugging in soft skirts, wide khakis and buttondowns, their hair slicked or ponytailed.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2021
Think of the frowns on slow body-touching dancing or jitterbugging, beep-bop, jazz, rock n roll, miniskirts, facial makeup, tight pants, kissing in public, unchaperoned dates, and on and on.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2019
His friends were still dazed, staring in amazement at the jitterbugging metal guys, but they got his warning.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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