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.
had danced
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past perfectof dance.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It was a bittersweet moment for Elachi, 76, who had danced down that tiled staircase when she and her husband first saw the home during an open house in the early 1980s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2025
Muromtseva had danced the role, considered a tour de force for the best ballerinas, for more than five years with her home company in Ukraine, China and Japan.
From Reuters ● Mar. 20, 2023
Brazil had danced into the quarter-finals of the World Cup but their dreams of a showpiece jig in the final ended in tears at Education City Stadium.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2022
As a member of the National Opera of Ukraine, he had danced the part of gallant romantics and dashing adventurers, and he’d earned the prestigious title Honored Artist of Ukraine.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
Her mother’s slender bare feet were within Naomi’s reach, and she longed to touch them, massage them as she had on the mornings after her mother had danced late into the night.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
