arabesque
Example Sentences
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He gave Schrader’s “The Comfort of Strangers,” a 1990 drama about a young couple who encounter a mysterious Christopher Walken in Venice, an exotic score swelling from arabesques to full-blown opera.
From Washington Post
An arabesque performed with a wind-milling arm contrasts with the looseness of his collapsing spine.
From New York Times
At times, plunging into a penché or rotating in an arabesque, she seems like the prototypical ballerina against which more skewed, less classical movement defines itself.
From New York Times
Their blades made a delicious crackling sound as they sliced into the ice, sinking into deep edges, gliding into graceful arabesques, moving impossibly quickly.
From Seattle Times
In the relative calm of Frankies, Mr. Sargent talked fast, fingers tracing arabesques in the air as he reminisced about the highlights of his spring social season.
From New York Times
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