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ballerina

[bal-uh-ree-nuh] / ˌbæl əˈri nə /
NOUN
prima ballerina
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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

Born in Paris in 1934, Bardot trained as a ballerina before her striking beauty caught the eye of filmmakers.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

It’s not Jackie Burkhart on That ’70s Show, the breakout role she landed when she was 14, or the ballerina Lily in the critically acclaimed thriller Black Swan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

The only thing he saw was the bizarre ballerina sloth in his head, the one that was taking shape pencil stroke by pencil stroke on paper.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon




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