How to Use acrobat in a Sentence
acrobat
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Pink is an acrobat and a half Pink started the show in the rafters, about a 100 feet in the air.
— Joshua Medintz, The Enquirer, 27 July 2023 -
The goal was to recreate the custom pattern of the unitards on the hair and faces of the acrobats.
— Madison Malone Kircher, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023 -
Then, to go from there to being in a rehearsal and starting to see the dancers and the acrobats.
— Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2024 -
As the acrobats danced and flipped, the rings were raised into the air to symbolize the rebirth of the Games.
— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 11 Aug. 2024 -
As if all the bells and whistles weren’t enough — there’s an acrobat!
— Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 11 Apr. 2021 -
Is Lucifer the acrobat who has been damned by an almighty god?
— Vulture, 21 Oct. 2022 -
Travel back in time to the days of clowns, jugglers, carnies and acrobats with the Great Benjamin Circus.
— Yoshina Okamoto, Anchorage Daily News, 14 June 2018 -
The 47-year-old acrobat first walked across a flaming wire 25-feet above the ground, even performing a dance move.
— Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2022 -
At 3:30 p.m., join a naturalist to watch these acrobats hunt in the Bay.
— Kathy Bennett, The Mercury News, 14 June 2017 -
His daughter, Dian, and wife, Annie, a Dutch acrobat, were with him throughout much of the growth of the sport and business.
— David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2020 -
The acrobats are Marawa’s Majorettes, a troupe of hyper hoopers led by Marawa Ibrahim.
— Alec Scott, Smithsonian, 26 June 2018 -
The crowd is happy for them, but the acrobat's sister is angry at the prospect of refunding the crowd's money.
— Abby Dupes, Seventeen, 25 Dec. 2022 -
One figure holds the snake like an acrobat, another has a rope around his neck.
— Brian T. Allen, National Review, 5 Mar. 2022 -
Some people are just dance crews and some people are just acrobats.
— Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 23 July 2019 -
With its own stage, acrobats and special guests like Skrillex, the Do Lab continued its reign as one of the coolest things at Coachella.
— Vanessa Franko, Orange County Register, 24 Apr. 2017 -
The two watched acrobats in black body suits and ape ears — a nod to Kubrick’s film — swivel on a display in front of a re-creation of the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz joint mission.
— Sopan Deb, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2018 -
An acrobat rode around the court on a unicycle at halftime.
— Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 9 May 2018 -
And many freestyle skaters thrive as their warlord’s favorite jester-acrobat.
— Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2022 -
The acrobat trio made it to the finale, but ultimately fell short of the winning title.
— Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2023 -
Though his feature debut is billed as a genre hire-wire act, Elcar simply isn’t enough of an acrobat to put on a show.
— J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 21 Aug. 2023 -
Shop the pop-up artist colony for handmade wares and unique goods; refuel in the food village, race bumper cars, watch acrobats, join a parade.
— Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2018 -
The report added that the female acrobat had been married to her husband for more than a decade and left behind two children.
— Nectar Gan, CNN, 18 Apr. 2023 -
There was an aerial acrobat and someone walking around with a snake.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022 -
The acrobat and warrior fragments also contained sand temper, which means the sculptors switched up the recipe at one point.
— Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2022 -
In 1992, low rollers fed cups of change into slot machines while acrobats swung overhead.
— Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 26 May 2017 -
But so do acrobats, stunt men, event planners — and plenty of models.
— Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2018 -
Now, the venue will be filled with artists, dancers, acrobats and surprise performers to celebrate the end of this year’s Olympics and look ahead to the Los Angeles Games in 2028.
— NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024 -
The most striking example is the horse Silver Star, brought to life by the acrobat Antoine Boissereau.
— Elisabeth Vincentelli, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024 -
This wooden swing set also comes with an 8-foot wave slide, an acrobat bar, and two belt swings, so there is plenty for your children to do.
— Erica Reagle, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2023 -
At night, this space turns into an intimate hot spot with a 250-seat theater for watching acrobats and aerialists whirl through the space.
— Fran Golden, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2024
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