waltz
noun
a ballroom dance, in moderately fast triple meter, in which the dancers revolve in perpetual circles, taking one step to each beat.
has waltzed
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present perfectof waltz (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Strictly has waltzed away with the Saturday night viewing figures this year, leaving that rival karaoke show flapping in its wake.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 21, 2012
"We lost because they have that little Argentinian with great feet who has waltzed through our back four," Wolves' manager, Mick McCarthy, said after watching his side slip back into the relegation places.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 17, 2011
After near extinction in the 1960s and '70s, ballroom dancing has waltzed back into fashion.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a White House correspondent for NBC television, she has waltzed at state dinners, traveled with Presidents to New Delhi and Versailles.
From Time Magazine Archive
A young man seeks a young woman's hand in marriage, because she has waltzed stoutly with him, and talked pleasantly between the dances;—and the young woman gives it, almost with gratitude.
From Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope
