pas seul
Americannoun
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of pas seul
1805–15; < French: literally, solo step
Example Sentences
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Though Marina Yurlova now dances for her suppers on the concert stage she once did a more dangerous pas seul.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lautrec immortalized Avril in numerous poses: as a Moulin Rouge spectator, in conventional garb leaving the cabaret, dancing a pas seul with her skirts flung high to reveal legs of startling thinness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unless he were dancing a pas seul out of sheer lightness of heart, the nocturnal visitor must have tripped over something.
From The Girl on the Boat by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
Another of the most typical, is that of a girl writhing and dancing a pas seul with a glass of water on her head.
From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John
By this time you perceive that Bruin is dancing a pas seul on his hind legs, utterly confounded with the noises around him.
From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)
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