How to Use foxtrot in a Sentence

foxtrot

noun
  • Performing a tense foxtrot isn't the best way to go about it.
    Lynette Rice, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Then Melora and Artem took on Iman and Daniella in a foxtrot.
    Amanda Ostuni, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2021
  • More celebrities are doing the foxtrot over to Dancing With the Stars for season 30.
    Justin Curto, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2021
  • In her dancing debut, Aldama and Chmerkovskiy danced the foxtrot, and received good reviews from the judges.
    Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Did the Desperate Housewives alum fall for his partner while practicing the foxtrot?
    Lynette Rice, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2020
  • After injuring her ankle while competing on Dancing with the Stars, Bristowe performed a foxtrot on the show and received the highest scores of the night.
    Hollee Actman Becker, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2022
  • That’s when international style ballroom dancing was formalized in the 1920s and four dances — the slow waltz, the foxtrot, the quickstep and the tango — became standardized through instruction and competition, allowing for easy export.
    Cecilia Lei, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Goodman gave his first perfect score after violinist Lindsey Stirling and her partner, Mark Ballas, performed a spirited foxtrot number.
    Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2023
  • In South Africa, where an immunity-dodging coronavirus variant was recently identified, drops in vaccine efficacy showcase the tight foxtrot between the virus’s mutability and the immune system's adaptability.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2021

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