Example Sentences

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She spends treasured days teaching and practicing ballet, tap dancing and jazz dance, along with singing at the piano and writing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Musk said director Nolan has "grossly insulted the Greek people", and replied "true" to a meme of a man supposedly dancing on Homer's grave.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Bradley got work dancing at Connie’s Inn, the exclusive Harlem black-and-tan club where the draw for white patrons was bootleg liquor and black entertainers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The dynamism of the singing and dancing smooths out some of the adaptation’s rough edges.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

But something about the whole exchange struck him as weird and fake, like in a soft-drink commercial, where people took one sip and were suddenly dancing and singing and hugging total strangers.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix