danse du ventre
Americannoun
plural
danses du ventreEtymology
Origin of danse du ventre
Borrowed into English from French around 1890–95
Example Sentences
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The men were too young to remember, but once, a long while before, she had done the danse du ventre at the greatest fair in history.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
The Ferris Wheel was full of passengers, who watched with mounting concern as the funnel did its own danse du ventre across Jackson Park directly toward the Midway.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
I looked down and there, among the rankly growing grasses of the moat, I saw a young girl, very thin, her black hair hanging and bound with bright handkerchiefs, sketching vaguely a danse du ventre.
From The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople by Hichens, Robert (Robert Smythe)
A vertical jump, with aerial danse du ventre!
From Barks and Purrs by Colette
People think that the so-called danse du ventre is an unnatural distortion, and in its customary exaggerations so it is.
From Impressions and Comments by Ellis, Havelock
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