How to Use quadrille in a Sentence

quadrille

noun
  • One aspect of that cultural exchange was the square form in group dances, which the French called the quadrille.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
  • The women just appear to have gotten lost on their way to quadrille practice and stumbled into a Pina Bausch class.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Dancers demonstrate the quadrille—a square dance of French origin accompanied by traditional quelbe folk music.
    — Nikki Miller-Ka, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2026
  • In the classes, the Myers duo focuses on teaching dances that were popular in the 1800s, including the waltz, polka, mazurka and quadrille.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The crowd at the Kirklands’ ball, however, would’ve placed a particular emphasis on dancing in a more traditional way, and Carrafa incorporated patterns from quadrilles into the waltzes to add structure, mirroring the more regimented dance formations of the period.
    — Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2025

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