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
  • The score was one of the highest of the night alongside Amanda Kloots and Alan Bersten's foxtrot, which scored a 32 out of 40.
    Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 27 Sep. 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
  • For their first performances, the celebrity and pro duos' dances ran the gamut from the tango, to the cha-cha, salsa, foxtrot, and jive.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The samba, the rhumba, the salsa, a little foxtrot, a little hip-hop, and a little cha-cha-cha.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • For their first dance on the show, some of the stars will perform dances like the cha cha, salsa, foxtrot, tango and jive, according to GMA.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Delivering her foxtrot with partner Gleb Savchenko, Shangela earned 32 points from the judges, placing her high in the pack of the early dancers.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
  • In the redemption round, Gomez and Mraz were both assigned to do foxtrots, while the reality star drew the samba.
    Anna Chan, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Did the Desperate Housewives alum fall for his partner while practicing the foxtrot?
    Lynette Rice, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Season 33 promises to be another unpredictable round of cha-cha-chas, jives, waltzes, foxtrots, and more.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024
  • And finishing off the night strong was Ariana, who earned her first perfect score for a breathtaking foxtrot.
    EW.com, 28 Nov. 2023
  • In Mendes’ hands and orchestration, the famed foxtrot is reborn as a steamy Latin jam, with its main phrase shifting from an energetic punch to a tranquil flow in the blink of an eye.
    Felipe Maia, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • The course studies five classic ballroom dances practiced around the world: modern waltz, tango, Viennese waltz, slow foxtrot and quickstep.
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2024
  • 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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