quickstep

Example Sentences

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Back in the actual 1990s, ice dancers cycled through traditional dances: samba, blues, polka, rumba, quickstep, tango, jive, paso doble, Viennese waltz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Feeling safe and among their own, they made many friends there while polishing off their tango and quickstep.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2023

Odudu, 33, scored her first perfect 40 for a quickstep during last Saturday's semi-final.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2021

In Monday night’s bouncy quickstep, Rigsby matched Burke’s movements more closely, and though his steps still lacked crispness, he was light on his feet and never betrayed a blink of fatigue.

From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2021

“Are you ready?” demanded Bouncer, doing a quickstep and making a picturesque feint at his opponent.

From Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer by Chapman, Allen