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Howell told the court on Tuesday he and Mrs Stewart had been "waltzing in time" and she had always been in perfect harmony with him.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2011

AS soon as Tom, the piper's son, stopped playing everybody sat down to rest, even the little pig who had been waltzing about on his hind legs.

From Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse by Cory, David

Sonia Danidoff, who had been waltzing with Thomery, was a little out of breath.

From Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas by Souvestre, Pierre

Hewet and Miss Allan, who had been waltzing somewhat laboriously, paused and greeted the newcomers.

From The Voyage Out by Woolf, Virginia

The Tressillian had been waltzing with all her might, and had all the men in the room, Humbugandschwerinn himself included, round her.

From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida