jiving

Example Sentences

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The contrasts between the walkouts was stark, with Thainara enthusiastically jiving her way to the octagon and McCann showing typical focus and intensity.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025

Today, the “damas” or “big mothers” as the dancers are known, can be found dancing in the early mornings and evenings, blasting stereos, waving fans and scarves, while jitterbugging, waltzing and jiving.

From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2021

Is hand jiving to Dancing Queen from inside a stationary Ford Focus on your bucket list?

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2020

In Tenebaum’s hands he’s a mix of James Brown, Little Richard and the jiving genie in “Aladdin.”

From Seattle Times • May 26, 2017

I was somebody else there: Mr. In-Your-Face, jiving and driving, looping and hooping, staying clean and being mean, the inside rover till the game was over.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers