Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fox-trot
Verb
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Natalia teaches him how to tango.—
Ilya Kaminsky
August 20,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025 -
Real sharks dance with shark handlers, with legitimate danger The loose competition features five contestants, all professional shark wranglers, grooving to tunes underwater with whichever swimming predator wants to tango.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
18 July 2025
Verb
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Clifton Daniel, for instance, jitterbugged with an expertise that increased one’s respect for The New York Times.—
Gloria Steinem,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2024
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Linders says the audience for trad jazz can generally be put into three categories: There are swing dancers who are eager to jitterbug to some hot sounds.—
Noah Schaffer,
BostonGlobe.com,
21 Aug. 2023
Verb
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The dance floor was filled with bopping fans as the opening band played Spanish rock.—
Karie Angell Luc,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Aug. 2025
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No need to bop people about their mindful heads on this.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Summer is winding down in North Texas, but there’s still plenty of fun activities around the area for those looking to boogie over the weekend.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Aug. 2025
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John Travolta With Pulp Fiction, John Travolta boogied his way back into pop culture relevance and onto his first of eight EW covers.—
Leah Greenblatt,
EW.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The fang gang present themselves as yearning European folk enthusiasts and later as jigging fiends and sometime metalheads.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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However, a Rat-L-Trap can also be jigged vertically, which has a lot of application in saltwater.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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From electronics to delicate fabrics, natural stone, and more, there are a variety of surfaces and materials that just don’t jive with this household cleaning staple.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
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Even on a team with more veteran leadership this year, Trout seems to have taken on more responsibility — a role that hasn’t always jived with his personality.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Young Hamnet’s shuffling off this mortal coil once laid the groundwork for a masterpiece.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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Shelters that shuffle people in and out overnight don’t solve anything.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Rivera, who always loved to shag flyballs during his playing days, hurt himself while manning center field during a Willie Randolph at-bat.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
9 Aug. 2025
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Rivera suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in May 2012 while shagging fly balls in batting practice in Kansas City, Mo.—
Larry Fleisher,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Aug. 2025
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“Fox-trot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fox-trot. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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