Examples of pirouette in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web In the ballet’s finale, the audience will witness grande jetés, or leaps with splits in the air, and more than two dozen fouetté turns, a kind of pirouette on one leg. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2022 Terrence Hackett II shows off a pirouette-style move and falls on the hardwood floor at Skateland Roller Skating. — Rashika Jaipuriar, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2022 Morant showcased his singular style in the second quarter, launching skyward to pirouette midair and dish a backhanded layup off the backboard. — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 27 Feb. 2022 Beth watches from the wings of the stage as Stacey performs … and falls during a pirouette. — Amanda Ostuni, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2022 Take that, Joe Morgan’s homer and Will Clark’s laugh and Barry Bonds’ pirouette. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2021 Bellinger jumped, spun, did a pirouette, and danced around the bases as the crowd of 51,307 had the stadium shaking. — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2021 In a deadly pirouette, the DB5 and Bond spray the goons—and poor Matera—back to the Stone Age. — Eric Adams, Popular Mechanics, 8 Oct. 2021 Even granting that Villalobos is a part written as all pirouette, Debrez throws in plié and jeté, too. — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2021 See More

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