quickstep

Example Sentences

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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

Carrie Ann calls it “a little wild” and cautions him to watch his posture, but she likes that it had way more passion than you usually see in a quickstep.

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2020

Sadly, the Paralympian skier who inspired so many fans of the ABC reality show was sent packing after she did a quickstep.

From Fox News • Oct. 3, 2018

The tempo is a wild quickstep; there is no majestic breadth, so suggestive of military pomp or the grandeur of a warlike race.

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James