How to Use ballerina in a Sentence

ballerina

noun
  • Among the things that rocked with it were ballerinas on pointe.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2023
  • In the shoot, the model was dressed and made up as a ballerina.
    — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 30 June 2017
  • Calf muscles are used to rise-up on your toes like a ballerina.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Loafers and ballerinas also took on a new softness for spring.
    — Katie Abel, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Socks with ballerinas or heeled mules are what the style pros have been wearing lately.
    — Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Someone even left a tiny ballerina that looked the same as one that was scorched in the fire.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
  • Seeing men who aren’t ballerinas in ballet flats this year on the streets will be the true trend test.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Why deal with the fuss of a stiletto when a ballerina, loafer, or slide does the job just as well.
    — Vogue, 22 June 2022
  • The second snap features the duo with their hands above their heads in a ballerina stance.
    — Katie Campione, PEOPLE.com, 9 July 2021
  • The cute case has ballerinas on the cover and a mirror inside.
    — Suzannah Weiss, Teen Vogue, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Chloé is selling their Ghillies ballerinas in both a flat and a heeled pump version.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Borne offstage by a troupe of her colleagues, a ballerina kicks her feet in cheeky protest.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • And then the ballerina’s twirl, his cap flying off, and the throw back to the infield.
    — Kevin B. Blackistone, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
  • As the ballerinas hatch a plan to come out of their predicament alive, bodies begin to drop dead.
    — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
  • My trick is to blow-dry my hair and wrap it into a tight ballerina bun and spray it with a ton of hairspray.
    — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The display takes the idea of a ballerina from a music box and puts that into lanterns.
    — Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2022
  • He was struck by her, a single mother working as a nurse and a ballerina.
    — Alex Harris, miamiherald, 4 May 2017
  • The whole theme of the book is creating your own version of the ballerina body.
    — Katie Nodjimbadem, Smithsonian, 29 Apr. 2017
  • Keep the look polished with simple hoops, and then slick your hair back into a ballerina bun.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Just grab your ballerina flats, an oversized blazer, and you’re set.
    — Tatiana Ojea, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Just look at this ballerina doll, which is about to become any kiddo’s favorite thing in the world.
    — Jake Smith, Glamour, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Chaos reigns in the studio as ballerinas, toy soldiers, and puppets scatter across the screen.
    — Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But Copeland’s rise through the ranks came at a critical time for Black ballerinas.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The new breed of pumps isn’t the classic ballerinas that were popular in the Noughties, though.
    — Emily Chan, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2023
  • To pair with tutu skirts and white tights, the hair and makeup channeled ballerinas, who took to the stage like clockwork.
    — Essence, 26 Jan. 2024
  • She is most known for her job as a professional ballerina (her fiancé is one as well).
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
  • Shoulders pulled back and the top of your head pointed proudly toward the sky like a ballerina?
    — Sunset Magazine, 16 Oct. 2020
  • One of the pieces depicted a young ballerina hunched over a bouquet of flowers in front of a pile of pointe shoes.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Will the ballerina spin into the arms of the handsome suitor?
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Her current pale pink fits right in with the ballerina-pink palette that’s been trending for both lips and nails this spring.
    — Grace McCarty, Glamour, 23 Feb. 2026

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