ballerina

Example Sentences

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The story is completely absurd, filled with plot holes and characters as thin as a prima ballerina.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Thousands of people waiting in a rainy Piazza del Duomo cheered as torchbearer Nicoletta Manni, an Italian ballerina, carried it into the square, over an hour behind schedule.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

It’s not Jackie Burkhart on That ’70s Show, the breakout role she landed when she was 14, or the ballerina Lily in the critically acclaimed thriller Black Swan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

It also discovered 300 new locations across the country for pink waxcap, also known as the ballerina waxcap as its cap flares out like a pirouetting dancer.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

He held the hand of a ten-year-old Mexican ballerina and was followed by scores of men and women in the customary clothing of their native cultures.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson