song and dance
Example Sentences
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These mid-century dream teams revolutionized American theater by popularizing the integrated musical, a form which leveraged classic operetta elements like song and dance as narrative tools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
As Pope Leo arrived, rhythmic music blared from loudspeakers with inmates breaking into song and dance under the stern gaze of prison officers.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
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
Rodney looked disapproving, and I realised Ruth and Chrissie were making a song and dance of it mainly to tease him.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
