Example Sentences

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The week before we'd shared crackers and chats while our children practiced their pliés.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2021

Ms. Lovette experiments with flexed feet, extreme pliés and tilts that throw dancers off balance.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2019

You might envision an open studio, pupils all in a row, lined up to practice their pliés and jetés at the command of their instructor.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2015

In pink tutu and toe shoes and a mix of concentration and panic, Ashford does a spasmodic series of pliés as though 300-volt charges were running through her body.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2015

They were full of promise, of leaps and pliés and the feeling of being lighter than air.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu