waltz
Example Sentences
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I don’t know any woman who doesn’t live some version of this life, locked in a sentimental, twisted waltz with the difficult woman who raised her.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
For their first dance, they had practised a traditional waltz.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
By making the waltz a unifying element in an opera about a courtesan, Verdi accomplished both.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
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
She stepped in front of me and put her free arm around me, still holding my hand, like we were about to waltz, but in a lazy way.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
Vocabulary lists containing waltz
Western Europe - Introductory
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Curtain Call: Dance and Theater Terms
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Western Europe - Middle School and High School
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