ballerina
noun
a principal female dancer in a ballet company.
ballerinas
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pluralof ballerina.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“Many of them have been stretched into new silhouettes of the Samba, for example, into both ballerinas, into mules, into Mary Janes.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Arguably most prominent was her role as the central of five ballerinas in “Divertimento No. 15,” Balanchine’s Mozart-inspired confection from 1956, where she displayed gyroscopic turns and air-filled, feathery footwork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Blessedly, these ballerinas didn’t learn their skills in prison or the foster system, and their tutus are not fodder for a satanic pyre.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026
But Giorgos Mavrogordatos, emeritus professor at the University of Athens criticised the evzone display as "extravagant figures resembling ballerinas for the pleasure of tourists".
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
He looked like one of those ballerinas that dance just on the tips of their toes.
From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis
