ballerina

Example Sentences

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The story is completely absurd, filled with plot holes and characters as thin as a prima ballerina.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

A native of Brazil, she was a professional ballerina in Austria for nine months before moving to America to attend MIT, where she met her co-founder, Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Trailblazing ballerina Misty Copeland says Timothée Chalamet ‘wouldn’t be an actor and have the opportunities he has as a movie star if it weren’t for opera and ballet and their relevance.’

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot was born in Paris in 1934 to a wealthy family, who wanted her to become a ballerina.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

Perhaps he was thinking of the paper ballerina he loved so much, or perhaps he wasn’t thinking at all.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke