Nijinsky
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Josie said she met Sleep in person years earlier, outside York Theatre Royal's stage door, to give him paintings of the dancer Vaslav Nijinsky which she had created herself.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
The sister of the brilliant dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, Nijinska was a member of Diaghilev’s groundbreaking Ballets Russes.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
One of his most famous horses was Nijinsky, which won the Derby, the 2,000 Guineas and the St. Leger.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2022
Among the horses Smith bred his mares to at the farm were Nijinsky, Storm Cat, Seattle Slew, Alydar and Mr. Prospector.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2020
Nijinsky had been extravagantly praised, not only by the official press representatives but also by eminent critics and private persons, in adjectives which seemed to preclude any possibility of his living up to them.
From Interpreters by Carl Van Vechten
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