quadrille

Example Sentences

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On the dance floor, guests ingest opium with lolling tongues, then variously pop their booties and walk a quadrille.

From The New Yorker

The room features holographic-type images of eight dancers in period dress performing a dance called a quadrille to the sounds of La Traviata.

From BBC

The image of the British aristocracy wading through muddy quadrilles is irresistible.

From New York Times

I moved to Chicago after graduating from Queens College and over the years regularly found myself dancing the Queens-finessing quadrille.

From New York Times

In the dizzying quadrille of leaders known here as “Canberra’s churn,” Australia has a brand new prime minister.

From New York Times