tango

Example Sentences

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He could move with the grace of the tango aficionado he became or with the slow, pained gait of the cancer-ridden editor he played in “The Paper.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

They married in 2005 and for years practiced tango on a dance floor they installed in one of their barns.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

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

It takes two to tango, but it was only she who paid the band.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

The only time we lifted our eyes from Cletus’s suitcase was when Ob wanted to watch those two Barbie and Ken dolls dance the tango.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant