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.
danced
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past participleof dance.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof dance.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
danceverb (used without object)to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
Example Sentences
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Alumni and family cheered and danced alongside them at Dorsey’s first ever full athletics reunion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
As a crowd of mostly women danced the night away at Pitbull’s recent concert in London, barely a hair was out of place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
We danced because everything was not fine, because the body needed proof it still belonged to the living.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
"They cried, and they laughed and they danced, and they hugged and they kissed."
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
A boy whose cousin I danced with, maybe?
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
