song and dance

Example Sentences

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After Hegseth gave us his version of news headlines, he performed a brief off-key song and dance before skating out of the room having accomplished little and settling nothing.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

And we had this long song and dance where I didn’t want to apply and said, “I’m not interested for all sorts of reasons.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Linda and her therapist normally have their patient-practioner song and dance down to a science.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025

"At the end, you've got to actually learn the song and dance and do it," he recalled.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

“And she’d been practicing her Itsy Bitsy Spider song and dance for days.”

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia