valse
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
That's what Ravel wrote on the first page of La valse.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2012
The Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 brought forth A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody; 1924 saw both the tenderly brooding What'll I Do? and the valse triste All Alone.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some French businessmen refer to the U.S. practice of shifting executives from job to job and country to country as la valse des directeurs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Says precocious Prokofiev: "At six I wrote down myself a valse . . . and I composed a march for four hands when I was seven."
From Time Magazine Archive
"I'm engaged for nearly every single valse at the Duchess's ball on Tuesday already!" a very young, childish-looking little creature exclaimed in Alex' hearing.
From Consequences by Delafield, E. M.
They are not evoked to dance valses with suitable partners from without.
From Flames by Hichens, Robert Smythe
Perhaps the most brilliant and extended of the valses is Op.
From The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players by Kobbé, Gustav
As Schumann declared, the dancers of these valses should be at least countesses.
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James
He catches it, throws it back to the fair group, and valses off with his partner.
From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by Routledge, George
All having regained their places, each gentleman valses with his own partner once round the room, or remains sitting by her side, as she may feel inclined.
From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by Routledge, George
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
