waltz
Example Sentences
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And wow did they waltz right through that open door.
From Slate • May 23, 2026
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
As Violetta gives Alfredo her likeness to remind him of her after she dies, Verdi brings in the rhythm of a funeral march, but within the triple meter of the waltz.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
I knew very well that all he said was ridiculous, not light for their darkness but flattery, illusion, a vortex pulling them from sunlight to heat, a kind of midsummer burgeoning, waltz to the sickle.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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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