Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gavotte
Verb
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The Dodgers will not waltz into the NLCS.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025 -
But who looks set to take home the coveted Mirrorball Trophy? Robert Irwin and Witney Carson look ready to waltz into the final, with just 4/1 odds, according to Bookies.com.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Natalia teaches him how to tango.—
Ilya Kaminsky
August 20,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
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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
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Their original band artwork projected as a backdrop — cats at drum sets, birds holding guitars — as the campers bopped their heads and performed their original songs.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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To watch Lipe-Smith’s Caroline cuddle in bed watching TV on her iPad, or bopping around to JoJo Siwa, or pensively finishing a Popsicle while sitting beside her grandmother at a museum, is to have the sheer malevolence of our current administration and its adherents thrown into sharp relief.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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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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With exceptional speed and a strong arm, Marte began shagging balls in the outfield.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Within five minutes of exchanging how-do-you-dos, the two are shagging in the walk-in freezer.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The doctor grunted, shuffled off.—
Sam Lipsyte,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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Mazzulla could shuffle his starting five from game to game, too, based on matchups and other factors.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Gavotte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gavotte. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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