waltz
noun
a ballroom dance, in moderately fast triple meter, in which the dancers revolve in perpetual circles, taking one step to each beat.
had waltzed
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past perfectof waltz.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I had waltzed through the Gare du Nord, having persuaded myself to be imprudent, glorying in my encounter with the Other, and while I was so glorying, the Other had taken my phone.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2015
McClean slid in the fourth a minute after the restart, set up by Keane who had waltzed his way through the Gibraltar defence.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2014
It was as if she had waltzed into luxury after a modest life on Detroit’s West Side.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2014
The Hearts man did even better on the half-hour mark as he rushed off his line to save from Gerrard, who had waltzed through three challenges on his way into the box.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2012
The hero, Captain Burin, was writing home from the battlefield to the one he had waltzed with in the first chapter, the one he loved.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
