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.
have danced
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present perfectof dance.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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Leger-Walker ended the afternoon dancing with her teammates just as they have danced all season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026
"It wasn't an isolated experience with me. I should never ever have danced with him."
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2024
Kolesnikov’s blanket dreaminess lent a memory-like remove even to passages of storminess and, in one of the Chopin Nocturnes, a moment of “I could have danced all night” bliss.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2023
“I know it’s one of her older songs, but my wife and I have danced to it and it has kind of stuck with me,” Blumenthal said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
I think she must have danced for him on the good nights, because he couldn’t dance, but before I fell asleep I often heard feet shuffling to dance rhythms.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
