waltz

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Recent Examples of waltz She is sometimes seen still dressed in her white gown, descending the staircase or waltzing alone in the ballroom. Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2025 Actors like Eric Bogosian and Jason Schwartzman waltz in and schmooze it up as vampires living their best afterlives, completely overshadowing Denton, who’s stuck in noob-human mode and doesn’t progress much past that. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2025 The Dodgers will not waltz into the NLCS. Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 Someone could waltz in unexpectedly, challenging you to grow and live up to your potential. Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for waltz
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waltz
Verb
  • The colorful story of a woman tangoing her way through the grieving process after her husband abruptly dies is set in Tokyo’s ballroom dancing scene, with characters seamlessly switching between speaking English, Spanish, and Japanese.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Surrender instead to wines that tango with oysters gratinéed with butter and garlic.
    Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Someone cue the disco tunes, because Serena Williams is ready to boogie.
    Christina Perrier, InStyle, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Toronto and Orlando know how to boogie.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • There’s nothing more fun than dropping a bait or artificial lure down and vertically jigging.
    Harry Spampinato, Outside, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Notably, as Eric and Carol were chatting to Sara, BBC Studios was re-jigging its APAC division in order to bring Australia and Asia under one roof.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The race for Los Angeles mayor has been in an extraordinary state of flux, with the candidate lineup shuffling and reshuffling in the final days before the filing deadline.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The Moore administration has chosen the opposite approach, doubling down on spending while shuffling money around in a game of three-card monte.
    J.B. Jennings, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • No agents of the state will yank you out of a stadium for bopping along to this!
    Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Still bopping to the top, 20 years later!
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Clifton Daniel, for instance, jitterbugged with an expertise that increased one’s respect for The New York Times.
    Gloria Steinem, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • At Baylor, players shag their own balls.
    Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • It’s dressed with a vintage phone, a stack of throwback Playboy magazines, a mirrored top, and an orange ’70s shag rug on the second tier.
    Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 9 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, find something that does jive with you—whether that’s yoga class, power lifting, or pickleball—and allow your resulting delight to radiate.
    Outside, Outside, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Barring a full and complete meltdown in those 11 games, the idea that the Leafs should just give up on the season still doesn’t jive for me.
    Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026

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“Waltz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waltz. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.

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