How to Use ballet in a Sentence

ballet

noun

• We are going to a ballet tonight.
• This is one of my favorite ballets.
• She does tap dancing and ballet.
• But the kids are the ballet’s heart, the glue — what guides us down that path to feel the feelings.
  — Gia Kourlas Erik Tanner, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2022
• But the ballet is less directly about that, and, in the end, sadly inert.
  — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
• In the film, Bianca is seen practicing ballet in front of a mirror.
  — Tre'vaughn Howard, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2022
• Dancers dressed in matching red marching band uniforms surrounded her and were joined by ballet dancers.
  — Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2022
• Sure, ballet slippers are having a moment, but chances are, your mother-in-law was wearing them first.
  — Erika Veurink, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2022
• The video ends with the dancer pensively sitting in a ballet studio surrounded by cash.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2022
• It’s one of the few small towns in southern Illinois to offer a children’s orchestra and ballet lessons.
  — Molly Parker, ProPublica, 23 Nov. 2022
• The robotic lander made a graceful, ballet-like touchdown on the Martian surface.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 29 Oct. 2022
• Her vocabulary draws on ballet but also on yoga, with a bit of gymnastics floor exercise thrown in.
  — Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2022
• Search a local ballet company or ticket platform to see upcoming performances.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 15 Nov. 2022
• That ambiguity courses through the novel and this ballet — with the viewer never really knowing what is real and what is imagined.
  — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2024
• Sydney Sweeney wore seven-inch silver peep-toe platform shoes to the formal event, but in a picture shared via Instagram, she can be seen posing passé en relevé in a pair of ballet slippers.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 7 Nov. 2022
• The stage is the chef’s counter, and the players: a ballet of Japanese A5 Wagyu, dry-ice smoke, wine, delicate bouquets of microgreens, and more wine.
  — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2022
• For the rest of the ballet, the dancers wear bright two-piece costumes.
  — Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
• And Megan Abbott writes so well about the world of young ballet dancers.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 19 June 2023
• Move to the beat of hip hop, sway your hips to Latin music or plie to ballet.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022
• Like the ballet flat, Mary Janes have also gone from girly to cool-girl.
  — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2023
• In terms of fall fashion, the spotlight is on the revival of ballet flats.
  — Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 15 Oct. 2023
• Try it with a white T-shirt, a pleated skirt, and ballet flats.
  — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 20 Sep. 2024
• Her goals are to walk again, and to do her twin daughters’ hair for ballet.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 June 2024
• Here are 20 options, from the best of ballet flats and Mary Janes, heeled boots, and booties, and more to shop for the new season.
  — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 15 Aug. 2023
• Dancers are a unique blend of artist and athlete, and ballet is one of the most demanding styles.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2023
• The retailer has tons of fun styles from boots and booties to ballet flats and sneakers.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 25 July 2023
• Red is not the only one with a camera aimed at Agnes during the ballet.
  — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 23 June 2023
• Two of the biggest fashion trends right now are ballet flats and the color red.
  — Selene Oliva, Glamour, 22 Apr. 2024
• Pair it with dark wash bootcut jeans or a silk skirt with ballet flats.
  — Emily Weaver, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
• The pink ballet cardigan Abela wears for a scene in which Amy and Blake break up in a pool hall belonged to the singer, Williams said.
  — Simran Hans, New York Times, 16 May 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024