DANCE in a Sentence

Learn DANCE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
299 example sentences for DANCE, such as:
1. The waltz is a beautiful dance.
2. The waltz is an easy dance to learn.
3. All are not merry that dance lightly.
4. Several couples were on the dance floor.
5. The dance left her feeling breathless and weak.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of DANCE
dance
 n.  an artistic form of nonverbal communication
 n.  taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Now and then he turned his eyes from the girl's face to that of her partner, which, in the exhilaration of the dance, had taken on a look of almost impudent ownership.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  Mattie was washing up the dishes, humming one of the dance tunes of the night before.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
3  She wasn't a girl who could dance and flirt and she wasn't a wife who could sit with other wives and criticize the dancing and flirting girls.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
4  Widows should be old--so terribly old they didn't want to dance and flirt and be admired.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  It was all over your face that you wanted to dance and have a good time and you couldn't.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  You wanted to dance and I gave you the opportunity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
7  Prissy screamed at the top of her voice, more from fright than pain, and began to dance up and down, writhing to break Scarlett's grip.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
8  That night at Mrs. Elsing's, when Fanny had been duly married and old Levi and the other musicians were tuning up for the dance, Scarlett looked about her with gladness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
9  She sat upon it with as good grace as possible, wishing her skirts were in such condition that she could dance.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
10  The mocking light began to dance in his black eyes and all signs of earnestness fled from his face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
11  Now secure, she wanted to dance, to play, to riot, to gorge on foods and fine wine, to deck herself in silks and satins, to wallow on soft feather beds and fine upholstery.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
12  It was a lovely afternoon, sunny but not too hot, bright but not glaring, and the warm breeze that rustled the trees along Peachtree Street made the plumes on Scarlett's bonnet dance.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
13  He gave her a long look and his eyes began to dance.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
14  She almost gave up library work to become one of the young women who dance in cheese-cloth in the moonlight.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
15  The dog had been let out and after a dance of excitement he settled down to a steady quartering of the field, forth and back, forth and back, his nose down.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
Example Sentence: (89 in 6 pages)
1  Achim had choreographed the dance in Act II himself.
2  African dance is vigorous, but full of subtlety.
3  All are not merry that dance lightly.
4  I am not averse to a dance party and a good mean after a week's hard work.
5  The waltz is a beautiful dance.
6  But the old ways do not vanish overnight, so the traditional dance has a stronger pull on their hearts.
7  The male bird performs a sort of mating dance before copulating with the female.
8  Both records have a good throbbing bass which is great to dance to.
9  The dance needs close coordination between two dancers.
10  The bridal couple stood up for the first dance.
11  The waltz is an easy dance to learn.
12  A dance floor is a level area specially prepared for dancing either outdoors or indoors.
13  The dance left her feeling breathless and weak.
14  Find a partner and practise these new dance steps.
15  Several couples were on the dance floor.