jitterbug
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It references to Audrey Hepburn and British supermodel Twiggy, and the frenetic editing and jitterbug choreography make it a unique entry in her videography.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2024
Whatever its exact journey, the suit spread like wildfire among hep cats who were into jitterbug and swing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
The Germans banned jazz, but wherever they went, U.S. soldiers, known as GIs, introduced locals to jazz and the jitterbug, popular back in the States.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Dorothy WhiteHorse, 89, a Kiowa who attended Riverside in the 1940s, said she recalled learning to dance the jitterbug in the school’s gymnasium and learning to speak English for the first time.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
He held out a hand to Doreen, and without a word they both started to jitterbug, still hanging onto their glasses.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
Another fascinating juxtaposition happened with the dancing, since de Mille’s choreography was supplemented with jitterbugs devised by the king of Harlem ballrooms, Herbert White, who brought along his troupe.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2021
The work emphasizes kinetic folk traditions, whether that means sacred Native American rituals, jazz-club jitterbugs or farmworker jigs.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2016
"Starting off, I had a few jitterbugs, but once I touched the field and saw how the atmosphere was, I got pretty comfortable," Wilson said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2010
Benny Goodman begins a new series for jitterbugs, with Martha Tilton as opening guest.
From Time Magazine Archive
At this moment Reynie felt sure they were made of jitterbugs.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
“That was a good route because he jitterbugged away from me on the baseline,” James said of Moore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2018
The computer screens jitterbugged as the information flowed into the market in an entirely new way — lingering there long enough to trade.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2014
At one, in Mold, in Flintshire, they jived and jitterbugged all day long at a 1950s-themed do.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2012
I hadn’t taken a test on anything since college, so anxieties I hadn’t felt in a long time jitterbugged their way through my stomach.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2012
The bottles started bubbling, gently at first, but then they began to shake faster and faster until the whole table jitterbugged.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
The music that occasionally breaks outs encourages jitterbugging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
Today, the “damas” or “big mothers” as the dancers are known, can be found dancing in the early mornings and evenings, blasting their stereos, waving fans and scarves, while jitterbugging, waltzing and jiving.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
Murray had a jitterbugging critic’s full-tilt mind; Guralnick is more pensive.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2020
Against these, Davis superimposes the bright, almost jitterbugging mosaic pattern on the mother’s spandex pants.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2020
His friends were still dazed, staring in amazement at the jitterbugging metal guys, but they got his warning.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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