How To Use Cotillion In A Sentence
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They danced the first cotillion mechanically.
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He goes nowhere in public without enough jewelry to supply a cotillion.
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I can eliminate some names... "The introduction to a cotillion rang out; his gaze returned to the group.
ON A WILD NIGHT
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Cotillions above stairs and during the dancing refreshments of ice, orgeat, capillaire, and a variety of other things ... supper at twelve ...
Canadian Cities of Romance
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For six weeks before St. Patrick's day, a small group of residents put their best powers of invention and construction into preparation for a cotillion which is like a pageant in its gayety and vigor.
Twenty Years at Hull-House, With Autobiographical Notes
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We weren't sure at first if it was a cotillion or a convention ... a sea of old white women and men in suits and ties, occassionally very politely clapping, that is about all we witnessed.
Dave Chandler's Earthside.com
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In the United States, a debutante ball is also sometimes called a cotillion or a coming-out party.
Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines
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The Knights' social functions - formal dinners, balls, and cotillions - also reflected members' aspirations toward middle-class refinement.
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Michael had surprisingly received an invitation from Heather to join her at one of her cotillions and he expressed genuine interest - though still surprised that she would think to invite him.
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I've never been much for balls and cotillions though I have to attend them endlessly.
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Eh? Anyway, a cotillion is a leap-year dance; on such an occasion you are our natural prey!
Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The Moth and the Flame
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She brushed off his request to dance the second cotillion with him, using the graceful, courteous snubbery he had spent so long teaching her.
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The cotillion was the ruling dance; the plain waltz and hop waltz came in for their share of favor.
Brook Farm
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I can eliminate some names... "The introduction to a cotillion rang out; his gaze returned to the group.
ON A WILD NIGHT
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Of these, the best known, which I might mention, are the tarantella of the Neapolitans, the bolero and fandango of the Spaniards, the mazurka and cracovienna of Poland, the cosack of Russia, the redowa of Bohemia, the quadrille and cotillion of France, the waltz, polka and gallopade of Germany, the reel and sword dance of Scotland, the minuet and hornpipe of England, the jig of Ireland, and the last to capture America is the tango.
The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen
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Of these, the best known, which I might mention, are the tarantella of the Neapolitans, the bolero and fandango of the Spaniards, the mazurka and cracovienna of Poland, the cosack of Russia, the redowa of Bohemia, the quadrille and cotillion of France, the waltz, polka and gallopade of Germany, the reel and sword dance of Scotland, the minuet and hornpipe of England, the jig of Ireland, and the last to capture America is the tango.
The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen
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As global television is today demonstrating to the world in stark reality, the "Tea Party" is to revolution what a debutante cotillion is to the Vietnam War.
Robert J. Elisberg: The "Tea Party" Is Not Revolting
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The first was a cotillion that Tony led her through with expert ease and grace.
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We have a cotillion type of event on Saturday evening.
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He enjoyed the best of the Old World's opulence and grace-plays and operas, symphonies and museums, soirées and cotillions.
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The cotillion is a wonderful experience that young women throughout the years have cherished," Dean said.
Undefined
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The old Society page, with its news of old-family weddings, cotillions, and charity balls, began everywhere to be replaced in newspapers by the Style page, a very different thing.
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Thusly, she occupied a strange, shadowy social world where she was too wealthy to be excluded, but not worth talking to, and she moved like a ghost about the edges of cotillions and coming outs, pale and unsmiling.
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They gave their children every advantage, and a life in which elegant parties and cotillions were routine.
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Well, this past Saturday I lined up for my first ever 35+ mens open race and first criterium or "cotillion" as my mother in law says of the season.
Wheels of Thunder Race report- "Inconceivable"
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The home is lighted with gas, and the quantity consumed being greater than common, it gave out suddenly in the middle of a cotillion.
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Oh, because I just saw her outside with her escort buying a dress for the cotillion and she invited us over for dinner tonight.
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The "cotillion" or voting materials may be incomplete.
How the Opposition Could Win (Or Lose)
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‘My grandfather remembers fondly how you danced together at the cotillion.’
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When I was a girl, I had dreamed of a wedding in our church of Savannah, my father taking me down the aisle way and my sister my maid of honor, my mother of course the hostess for she held the finest cotillions in all of Georgia.
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This was the crown of the senior year, the cotillion of cotillions.
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A little over a year ago, she said she was going to crash the Carib Cotillion at the Venturers, and nobody's seen her since.
MISS MELVILLE REGRETS
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We met only once, at that debutante cotillion.
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Whether it was a prom, a cotillion, a fancy dinner - most people here have some kind of Ambassador experience.
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The group continued to talk until Tony led Christina out onto the floor to dance a cotillion.
