St. Vitus dance
- a variation of St. Vitus's dance.
Example Sentences
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She certainly did get about in a very queer manner— "just like a crab with the St. Vitus dance," so she herself said.
From Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret by Emerson, Alice B.
In a bit his head and legs begun to jerk like he had St. Vitus dance, and then he straightened out, stiff as a broomstick.
From Kilo : being the love story of Eliph' Hewlitt, book agent by Butler, Ellis Parker
The pursuit progresses without St. Vitus dance or hysteria to the end of the film.
From The Art of the Moving Picture by Lindsay, Vachel
Have I ever imitated the flights of Heaven with St. Vitus dance, confusing the one with the other?
From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson
But why did the West - especially the USA - collaborate with this St. Vitus dance?
From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Vaknin, Samuel
