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
In the Tigers’ huddle, coach Norm Stewart’s plan was to disrupt the jitterbug point guard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 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
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
You can cross over, or do some corny dips, or even jitterbug a little, and she stays right with you.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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
Instead of pounding machine-like down the track, he jitterbugs unevenly, his shoulders performing a dance of their own.
From Time Magazine Archive
“These mollicoddled jitterbugs show what they’re made of. Just a bunch of cry babies.”
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
Would that strike a helpful note of hope, to vote where others have jitterbugged and foxtrotted many a dark night away?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2020
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
The music that occasionally breaks outs encourages jitterbugging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
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
Against these, Davis superimposes the bright, almost jitterbugging mosaic pattern on the mother’s spandex pants.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2020
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
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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