quickstep

Example Sentences

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Back in the actual 1990s, ice dancers cycled through traditional dances: samba, blues, polka, rumba, quickstep, tango, jive, paso doble, Viennese waltz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Feeling safe and among their own, they made many friends there while polishing off their tango and quickstep.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2023

Molly will dance her quickstep to Love On Top by Beyonce, while Fleur will perform her couple's choice dance to a Destiny's Child megamix.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2022

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

You will have no dancing, unless a mad bull gallops after you, when, no doubt, you will practise double quickstep to perfection.

From The Two Story Mittens and the Little Play Mittens Being the Fourth Book of the Series by Fanny, Aunt