How to Use dance in a Sentence

dance

1 of 2 verb
Definition of dancenext
Synonyms for dancenext
  • He danced her across the floor.
  • I like the song but it's really hard to dance to.
  • She has always loved to dance.
  • He never learned how to dance.
  • She's a great actress, and she can dance and sing, too.
  • She dances with a famous ballet company.
  • Adults waved their hands in the air and danced on one and three.
    — Heather Bushman, The Indianapolis Star, 18 June 2023
  • In one, Williams danced in front of the Eiffel Tour in Paris.
    — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
  • The producer and musician ride the waves and dance along to the track’s catchy beat.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Across the street, dinner and dancing at the Ziegfeld Ballroom was next.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 30 Nov. 2023
  • There will be a DJ and live dancing from 5 to 7 p.m. before the screening.
    — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Learning how to dance seems to have paid off for young Saban.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The crowd swayed and sang along, and danced and roared with enthusiasm.
    — Tamar Herman, SPIN, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The award-winning artist knows a thing or two about dancing in the big earrings, too.
    — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
  • In 2021, Prince William revealed that the family of five loves to play music in the morning and the kids dance around the house.
    — Monique Jessen, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
  • And if anything, 2023 gave us plenty of new favorite songs to dance, sweat, and scream to.
    — Grace McCarty, SELF, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Sivan knows at least one surefire way to soothe his soul: dance it out, while the world keeps burning.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Before long, their colts peeped through the tall grass, begging for food and learning to dance.
    — Lois Parshley, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Against the backdrop of a rising sun, dozens of Osage danced and sang around a drum, bringing the crowd to its feet.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The crowd of revelers swayed and danced to the music, cocktails in hand and raised to the sky in celebration.
    — Dwight Brown, Essence, 11 July 2023
  • Lacerating and relentless, it is danced on a mound of dirt that sticks to the dancers’ sweaty skin.
    — Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
  • El Jeffrey, a merengue song about heartbreak to dance the sorrows away.
    — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Right because neither of you would have danced Dewdrop at all.
    — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Cancer June 21-July 22 Turn up the music, Cancer, and get ready to dance!
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
  • In one scene, Hayes dances for Solène in just a pair of black boxer briefs after some steamy alone time in a hotel room.
    — Marc Malkin, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Whitney wasn’t the only legendary artist Offset danced for as a kid.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Alexa and Alex danced between all the tables—stopping for hugs and kisses—and then sat down for dinner.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Max touched her face where she was hit and proceeded to continue dancing as the song played on.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
  • The pair danced to the music together while snapping selfies throughout the show.
    — Nikki Dobrin, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
  • On a lighter note, the women took to the stage in a talent show and tried to dance and sing their way to a solo dinner with the Golden Bachelor.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023
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dance

2 of 2 noun
  • The only dance he knows how to do is the twist.
  • He stopped right in the middle of the dance to tie his shoe.
  • How about one more dance?
  • They can do all the popular dances.
  • He did a celebration dance in the end zone after scoring the touchdown.
  • She studied dance in college.
  • His and Jenna's dance was full of flair — and lifts — and the judges loved it.
    — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Guests have use of a movie theater and a soundproofed dance room.
    — Hadley Freeman, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2023
  • Kids can swap Ariel’s tail out for a dress and place her on a turntable to see her dance and spin around.
    — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 5 June 2023
  • The bees with the most popular dance part earn final say on where to build.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Though neither team made it to the final dance, their triumphs over the Reign were the best part of the playoffs.
    — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2023
  • On-and-off sunshine dances with hit-or-miss showers and storms.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 23 July 2023
  • Last month, my friends and I signed up for the mall trip to purchase some new clothes before a school dance in the evening.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Van Cleef & Arpels’s love affair with dance goes back decades.
    — Ian Malone, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2023
  • But by the late-Eighties, his interests in hip-hop and dance came back to him on a grander scale.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Claudel and Rodin both reveled in youth, dance and eroticism.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Related By the end of the video, Stromae finds movement again, and the pair join each other in dance.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The collective knows dance is fragile and wants to protect it.
    — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The song, and the dance, felt apt: Madonna may have dodged fate only very recently.
    — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Don’t be surprised at all if the Colts sneak into the postseason dance.
    — Evan Sidery, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • As the first brand new hotel in St. Thomas in over two decades, Pink Palm has had its own dance with history.
    — Tenille Clarke, Essence, 21 Dec. 2023
  • But this week in dance was remarkable for something else, too: the male solo.
    — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Even at an unhurried pace that lets the music dance, it’s done in 10 minutes.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
  • Ailey was claiming dances, good and bad, from the European canon as its own.
    — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Jonathan Guttman spoke about his cousin, who was taken hostage at the dance party in southern Israel.
    — Catherine Stupp, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The event opened with a dabke performance, a folk dance that originated in the region.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 25 Oct. 2023
  • That gave me the idea to create my own style of action, combining dance and martial arts.
    — Simon Abrams, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The deal comes just as the dance competition series returns to Fox in the U.S. for a milestone 18th season on March 4.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Start the evening with sketch comedy before the dance party begins.
    — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
  • But, where much of today’s trendy work is self-involved, Brown’s dances bring succor to the audience.
    — The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2024

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