ballroom dance
noun
: any of various usually social dances (such as the tango, two-step, and waltz) in which couples perform set moves
ballroom dancer noun
ballroom dancing noun
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Community leaders stepped on the ballroom dance floor to support the fight against Alzheimer's disease. —
Janay Reece, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026 Bueno started her performing arts company, Playground Players Productions, in 2016 and took over Edudance Classrooms in Motion, a children’s ballroom dance company, in 2018. —Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026 Anyone who’s read 19th century novels or watched their screen adaptions knows that ballroom dance scenes tend to be loaded with drama, social jockeying and, above all, romantic intrigue. —Martha Ross, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026 Haru and Luis love competing in Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. —Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ballroom dance
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Janay Reece, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026 Bueno started her performing arts company, Playground Players Productions, in 2016 and took over Edudance Classrooms in Motion, a children’s ballroom dance company, in 2018. —Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026 Anyone who’s read 19th century novels or watched their screen adaptions knows that ballroom dance scenes tend to be loaded with drama, social jockeying and, above all, romantic intrigue. —Martha Ross, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026 Haru and Luis love competing in Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. —Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ballroom dance
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“Ballroom dance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/ballroom%20dance. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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