How to Use ballroom dance in a Sentence

ballroom dance

noun
  • There's so many ballroom dance schools.
    — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Dance the night away at the city's biggest ballroom dance social event of the year.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2022
  • That night felt reassuring to the dancers, a clear sign that ballroom dance would go on.
    — J. Lester Feder, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Each couple performed two dances, one ballroom dance style and one Latin dance style.
    — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • He's seen ballroom dancing help couples work through rough patches.
    — Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press, 16 Dec. 2019
  • After all, good manners and a little ballroom dance know-how will always be in style.
    — Betsy Cribb, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2018
  • After all, good manners and a little ballroom dance know-how will always be in style.
    — Betsy Cribb, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The friends gave Munro a gift certificate to take ballroom dance classes.
    — Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 26 June 2021
  • People were still strolling through downtown when the noise echoed from a ballroom dance studio tucked into a strip mall.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Dress up in formal or semi-formal wear for this elegant ballroom dance.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2024
  • The remaining 20% will don unique styles like cowboy boots, ballroom dance shoes, or even go barefoot.
    — Southern Living, 5 June 2018
  • Many of the owners had become enamored with ballroom dance while growing up in Asia.
    — Corina Knoll Ben Laffin Mark Abramson, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Though lifts can take a ballroom dance routine to the next level, they aren't actually allowed in many dance styles.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 23 Sep. 2020
  • One of his goals is to shed light on the world of ballroom dance, especially all of the hard work and athleticism that go into it.
    — Alexandra Wolfe, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Ten people were killed and at least 10 others were injured when a gunman opened fire at a ballroom dance studio….
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2023
  • In January, a half-block away on Garvey, a gunman opened fire on a crowd in a ballroom dance studio.
    — Jeong Park, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
  • The tragedy has dealt a devastating blow to the city’s vibrant ballroom dance community.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 29 Jan. 2023
  • After school, their group of friends would go to clubs where Ming taught Judy how to ballroom dance — tango, foxtrot, samba.
    — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Hannum said the studio is designed to be a social hub, noting ballroom dance’s emphasis on partner and group work.
    — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Community leaders stepped on the ballroom dance floor to support the fight against Alzheimer's disease.
    — Janay Reece, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The act of hearing is like a ballroom dance, scientist Jaime García-Añoveros says.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 9 May 2022
  • Irwin and Carson are one of seven couples left on the reality ballroom dance show.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Bergeron, who hosted the ballroom dance competition series for 15 years, tried to stop it.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2023
  • George’s father, Harold, was a school bus driver, while his mother, Louise, took care of the four children and taught ballroom dance lessons.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Even among the many lively cultural worlds of Detroit, the city’s ballroom dancing scene is singular.
    — Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Britt Stewart may be the one teaching Eric Roberts how to ballroom dance — but he's got some lessons of his own to impart.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Oct. 2024
  • But in the evenings, the shopper for online grocery service Shipt trades in her green T-shirt for a pair of ballroom dance shoes and heads to her next gig.
    — Lorraine Mirabella, baltimoresun.com, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Before cameras started rolling, judge Derek Hough was spotted teaching a young girl how to ballroom dance backstage.
    — Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
  • While not much is out about her professional life, the 2023 high school graduate has been ballroom dancing for years.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Surprisingly, Brigham Young hosts the largest collegiate ballroom dance program in the world.
    — Francesca Walton, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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