Example Sentences

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He and his mixed relay teammates were dancing to “Funkytown” when his bronze medal detached from the ribbon and plummeted to the ground.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Before I was a model, I was living in a hippie community and we had so much fun, we were dancing and singing and so expressive and artistic.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2024

These cultured women were dancing, and having fun and turning up, but who were they, and better yet, who was I to insert myself into their reality?

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2024

In the streets, young people were dancing, singing, waving the Senegalese flag and honking their cars horns.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2024

Basically, for eleven solid minutes, it felt like we were dancing ten feet above the rest of the world.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio