pair skating

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noun

a form of competitive skating in which a man and a woman skate together in performing a choreographed series of jumps, lifts, and other acrobatic moves to a selection of music.

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Also called pairs.

Words nearby pair skating

pair of compasses, pair off, pair production, pair royal, pairs, pair skating, pair trawling, paisa, paisano, Paisiello, paisley

How to use pair skating in a sentence

Oh, and the first press image they released was a pair of black dudes in tracksuits as a troll of sorts to NME.
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One of them had not been given time to get dressed; he was perp-walked wearing only a pair of boxers.
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They waved down a pair of responding cops who followed the alleged cop killer into the subway.
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He stood, with the air of a hero, both arms extended towards the amazed pair of lovers.
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Under the long lashes of low lids a pair of eyes black and insolent set off the haughty lines of her scarlet lips.
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Here the pair reached the "Dun Cow" and retired to their respective quarters.
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Since words have different meanings, we may sometimes find that a pair of words exemplify all three Laws, as plough and sword.
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The opposite of these two methods of rote learning is my method, which injects an active process between each pair of words.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)