How to Use twerking in a Sentence

twerking

noun
  • Normani and her dancers hang off a chain-link fence, twerking.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2019
  • The ladies showed off their twerking skills, while the guys stuck to simple moves.
    — Jennifer MacHin, Billboard, 26 Apr. 2018
  • His dancers brought it, too, with twerking, braid whipping and splits to boot.
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Get ready for glam prom dresses, twerking, and, weirdly enough, llamas.
    — Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 30 July 2015
  • This is not about Lizzo being fat, twerking, or hating on her.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 10 Dec. 2019
  • But what would a Megan Thee Stallion cameo be without some twerking?
    — Jabeen Waheed, Glamour, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Join in these workshops on twerking, yoga, hoops, juggles, rope dart and more with top instructors from around the world.
    — Lisa Herendeen, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2019
  • Mack noted that her legislative work has received less attention than her twerking.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Yep, twerking, sensual movement, and pole culture have gone mainstream.
    — Kourtney Pope, refinery29.com, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Yet humans move their entire bodies when dancing in a grand array of gestures – twerking, anyone?
    — Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2019
  • Unfortunately for Brown, the twerking will still be banned next season.
    — Andrew Joseph, USA TODAY, 23 May 2017
  • Several of them twerk on their hands and knees in the sand, while in two shots Hanks lets two women’s twerking buttocks bounce off his face.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Meanwhile, Graham will likely have to answer to her family about her twerking.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • There’s plenty more twerking, and Meg even plays the role of Cupid in a corset and wings with a bow and arrow, searching for love.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
  • And the same goes for twerking, when the street party kicks off Monday and Tuesday in Port-of-Spain.
    — Jacqueline Charles, miamiherald, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Even the twerking was beautifully choreographed.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Alaska quips before the trio disarms Katya with a mix of tonge pops, high-octave vocal acrobatics, and twerking.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • As Rae goes through the moves step by step, Kim can’t help but cringe at the body rolls and twerking, which her teacher takes note of and adjusts to her comfort level.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The Bronx rapper posted a clip dancing to the thumping single, which finds her twerking in a pair of jean shorts with a red leather jacket top and strappy blue heels.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2025
  • After tussling and smashing mouths, the pair finds another impulse for dance, showing off for each other with what looks like prehistoric twerking.
    — Brian Seibert, New York Times, 21 May 2018
  • The 23-year-old served a stellar performance complete with a basketball court set, a breath-taking dance solo, and so much twerking.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Her unapologetic attitude, her flute (and twerking) skills, and killer style have us, the whole world, and even Beyoncé hooked.
    — Bianca Nieves, Teen Vogue, 4 Sep. 2019
  • And dancing is allowed, but twerking (sorry, Antonio Brown) will bring out the yellow hanky.
    — Scooby Axson, SI.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • But through the power of twerking and the inimitable guiding hand of Missy Elliott on the video, anything is possible.
    — Natalie Maher, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 July 2021
  • In the clip, one of her extremely-toned legs is perched in optimal twerking position, atop a midnight gray Ford Bronco.
    — Chelsea Avila, Allure, 3 June 2022
  • More of the Barry Sanders way of handing the ball to the referee than Antonio Brown twerking.
    — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Thanks to her booming voice, Freedia's message wasn't lost under a funky bass line and percussion beat combination perfect for top-notch twerking.
    — Heather Leighton, Houston Chronicle, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Now Cho, comedy legend, doesn’t let anyone else cut or style her hair, which has led to plenty of shenanigans, like the time Cho corrected his twerking form.
    — refinery29.com, 15 June 2018
  • Apart from her good as hell bangers and candid TikTok videos, Lizzo is worshipped worldwide for her incredible twerking skills.
    — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 1 Mar. 2022
  • If your ideal workout involves grinding, twerking, and voguing to today’s top hits, The Fitness Marshall is for you.
    — Jenny McCoy, Glamour, 24 Dec. 2020

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