ballerina

Example Sentences

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“You chose it because you said ferns were the ballerinas of plants. Don’t you remember how much you loved your old dance classes? You know, I used to love dancing, too.”

From Literature

On a Christmas tree greeting card, for example, a miniature ballerina ornament had three separate colors, including red lips.

From The Wall Street Journal

With the lithe, athletic body of the ballerina, she was nothing like her fellow models.

From BBC

Any joy she had once taken in dancing had left her, as had her grandiose dreams of being, at twelve years old, the youngest prima ballerina in the history of ballet.

From Literature

“Miss Lumley, do I look like a Russian ballerina to you? I am in no mood for leaping.”

From Literature