ballroom dancing
Britishnoun
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In “Anna Karenina,” for instance, Tolstoy immediately plunges into a melodrama of infidelity, marriage proposals and ballroom dancing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
I wanted to watch this drama in action, so immediately after dinner I went up to the lounge to observe the ballroom dancing.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025
The 66-year-old used to go ballroom dancing on a weekly basis with Catherine, but had to stop when his condition deteriorated around the time of the Covid pandemic.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025
Lin, who testified at an earlier hearing on the Dodd bill, told me that after losing just about all of her retirement fund, she took up ballroom dancing to get her mind off her troubles.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024
“I’m taking ballroom dancing now, to get ready for high school mixers and formal and semiformal evenings.”
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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