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ballerina

[ US /ˌbæɫɝˈinə/ ]
[ UK /bˌæləɹˈiːnɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a female ballet dancer

How To Use ballerina In A Sentence

  • She said two puzzles in particular - a racing problem and ballerina conundrum - had needed a great deal of logical legwork.
  • Less common, and more exciting, is the skill-prodigy, the ferrety junior ballerina who comes snorting out of his elite rabbit hole ready-made. Enjoying the fleeting thrill of fragile prodigies is a national habit | Barney Ronay
  • The dancing of the principal ballerina added lustre to an otherwise unimpressive production of 'Giselle'.
  • La Sylphide also popularized the white tutus, freeing the ballerinas from the bondage of stiffening panniers.
  • They throw the ballerinas around as if they are light as feathers. The Sun
  • In other circumstances I would say he needed to be slightly taller to adequately partner this ballerina.
  • By the end of that century, the ballerina's long tutu and the premier danseur's tights, trunks and maillot became de rigueur and virtually standardized.
  • Two ballerinas lead the ensemble, and each has her own pas de deux. Times, Sunday Times
  • In 2008, she founded her own film festival in Nairn in Scotland, entitled the Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams. Tilda Swinton: We need to talk about eccentricity | Observer profile
  • These were not the dainty and chaste twirls and curtseys of the ballerinas at Lincoln Center.
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