Ailey
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Ahead of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater’s upcoming run of performances at the Music Center in downtown L.A.,
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
It became one of the first L.A.-based dance companies to adopt the repertory model similar to Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Alvin Ailey Dance Theater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
“Song of the Anchorite,” an eight-minute world premiere by Jamar Roberts, is dedicated to Alvin Ailey and refers to his 1961 solo “Hermit Songs.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
Those include dance performances by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and recitals by the Metropolitan Opera.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
You are none other than Alvin and the Chipmunks Ailey.
From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
