dance
verb (used without object)
to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
am dancing
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present progressiveof dance (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I was teaching the men’s parts, too, and showing those steps, and I felt, wow, I am dancing better than I was at the end of my City Ballet time.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2022
“If I am dancing and my heart rate spikes someone will say, what were you doing last night at 2 a.m.?”
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2021
And other times I feel light and am dancing around and they're like “We want that badass Sasha.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2018
"When I am dancing with a woman onstage and it works, I feel that I love her, and that sort of love simply does not exist offstage."
From Time Magazine Archive
Thousands of dollars down the toilet, and here I am, dancing to this awful waltz with all of my boy cousins, some of whom I hardly know, most of whom don’t even like me.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
