Example Sentences

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The story is told balletically, compulsively, in short spurts of image and sensation, while also managing to immerse the reader fully in the textures, tastes and sounds of the Maine coast.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2022

Strong through the off side, Malan was happy on the back foot against the pace bowlers and balletically used his feet to the spin of Lyon.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2021

So, Jakob’s classes are bizarre affairs of repeating meaningless axioms, moving balletically in place while holding a napkin or imaginary dish or repeatedly thrumming the tines of a fork.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2020

The problem is that I don’t really like much about Doom Eternal other than the seconds I spend balletically blasting demons in a destroyed world that just so happens to be perfect for parkour.

From The Verge • Mar. 19, 2020

“They’re trained enough and they’re musical enough that they have the intelligence balletically to do it,” she said.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2017