Example Sentences

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That meant that his first prominent patients weren’t point guards or centers but New York’s premier ballerinas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

When their bus breaks down on the way to a showcase, a troupe of ballerinas led by “Dance Moms” alum and one-time Sia protégée Maddie Ziegler becomes stranded in a remote hotel-bar-dungeon-arms factory outside Budapest.

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

Of all the characters, she offers the best understanding of the compulsion ballerinas have to keep dancing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

These were not the dainty and chaste twirls and curtseys of the ballerinas at Lincoln Center.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez