Example Sentences

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It was watching Watkins, holding the Trojan sword, dancing to the sounds of the USC marching band.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2024

Peter Kemp, who returned to the world of Morris after many years in sword dancing, had a hip replacement just over a decade ago.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2017

Performances will include ribbon dancing, handkerchief dancing, sword dancing, lion dancing and Mongolian bowl dancing.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2013

Periodically the society's members would get together for a hop, skip and a jump, trick themselves out in peasant costume and practice morris and sword dancing.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was really ridiculous to see Wedderburn in a red cloak and inconvenient sword dancing the Templars quadrille.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton