balletic

Example Sentences

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Kabuki is presented as an art form of balletic skill, but it can never fully redeem or repair the film’s central figures, who once were friends before ambition got in the way.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

They will silently show you how it’s done with an impossibly balletic ollie, their board magically suctioned to their soles as they slide down the whole length of the thing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 21, 2025

Whether it survives contact with France's mix of the balletic and the brutal though is another thing.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025

“When she attacked someone, it would be balletic, it would be graceful. It’s a game to her. You can tell she loves a good show.”

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2024

It hesitated for a moment, wobbling there on the edge of oblivion, and then pitched decisively forward and fell, tumbling end over end in beautiful balletic slow-motion.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs