song and dance
Example Sentences
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After Hegseth gave us his version of news headlines, he performed a brief off-key song and dance before skating out of the room having accomplished little and settling nothing.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
And we had this long song and dance where I didn’t want to apply and said, “I’m not interested for all sorts of reasons.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Over 100 actors, singers, Aztec dancers and local community members will take the stage to perform the miraculous tale through song and dance.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025
Linda and her therapist normally have their patient-practioner song and dance down to a science.
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025
Sprouts taste of fresh puke but Mum said I had to eat five without making a song and dance about it, or there'd be no butterscotch Angel Delight for pudding.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.