danse macabre
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of danse macabre
From French
Example Sentences
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In contrast to the danse macabre sequences at the deathbed, Jill overhears the “celebratory sound” of a neighbor’s back yard evening wedding by torchlight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026
The three friends try to find their rhythm in the steps of the danse macabre she creates, even as old dance patterns of desire and friendship bring them closer to the encroaching flames.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
The long shadow of bubonic plague permeates his art, in its danse macabre of corpses and skeletons.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2020
The words also suggested, Mr. Adams said, the Totentanz, or danse macabre.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2019
And then he lay there as the danse macabre of the demons of fear that lived in his body began in earnest.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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