How to Use dressage in a Sentence

dressage

noun
  • Bob Stevens: Her goal in life was to get into the Olympics in dressage.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2021
  • And ground zero for dressage in the Olympics was … in Palm Beach County.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Horses show off their gaits in a sport called dressage.
    Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The leak – coming through a Dutch lawyer – also stands to benefit the Dutch dressage team.
    Harriet Marsden, theweek, 25 July 2024
  • The police arrested Michael Barisone, 54, the Olympic dressage riding coach and owner of the farm.
    Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2019
  • And just in case equestrian events aren’t hoity-toity enough, the 2024 dressage and jumping will unfold at the Palace of Versailles.
    Vulture Staff, Vulture, 24 May 2024
  • Steffen Peters and the United States dressage team did something that had not been done in more than 70 years.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2021
  • But a new dressage arena is a step in expanding the place’s appeal to horse owners.
    al, 13 July 2021
  • Danish polio victim Lis Hartel won the silver medal in dressage at the 1952 Olympic games.
    By Anne Marie Hunter, kansascity.com, 4 July 2017
  • New this season is a solo segment by stallion Maestoso Batosta, as a tribute to the Olympic sport of dressage.
    Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 7 June 2018
  • The horse show includes three phases: dressage, show jumping and cross country.
    Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2020
  • A lot more people compete in running than in, say, dressage or sailing.
    Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 8 Jan. 2022
  • There are 12 arenas on the show grounds, so take your time going from event to event, soaking in the sights of everything from show ponies to Olympic-level dressage.
    Todd Plummer, Town & Country, 13 Mar. 2017
  • Jacqueline Mars, heiress to the Mars candy fortune, is one of the biggest backers of eventing, a sort of equine triathlon that involves dressage and a pair of jumping tests.
    Devon Pendleton, Bloomberg.com, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Events include those for he Special Olympics as well as dressage, hunter and jumper competitions.
    Amy Aumick, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • Competitors will begin the four-day event with dressage, followed by cross-country and show-jumping.
    Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2022
  • In fact, she was raised as a dressage horse before appearing on The Sopranos, according to News 12.
    Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The pair had an even better time guessing the next clip — a video from the dressage individual grand prix freestyle, an event where horses get to show off their best moves to music.
    Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Some became ranch horses, some work with the Border Patrol, and one became a world champion in dressage.
    BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2021
  • People taking the three-day tour, available to the public for the first time, will experience dressage, show jumping and polo.
    Jennifer Shapiro-Sacks, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Spread out over 173 acres, the stables are open to residents and guests of all skill levels and include a covered arena, an outdoor dressage area and a five-acre turf event field.
    Smithsonian, 1 Apr. 2018
  • The estate features a 12-stall barn with groom quarters, a tack room, five paddocks and a regulation-size dressage ring with mirrors.
    Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2023
  • World Cup Finals for dressage and show jumping, an important Olympic proving ground.
    New York Times, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The property also includes a 12-stall barn with groom quarters, a tack room, five paddocks, and the regulation-size dressage ring.
    Jose Lambiet, miamiherald, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Riders interested in dressage or show jumping can make use of the Olympic-size outdoor arena.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 June 2023
  • At the equestrian center guests can enjoy dressage, show, vault, or western programs, and the Field House will have year-round access to racquet courts, baseball fields, and an indoor pool.
    Christopher Mason, Town & Country, 17 Oct. 2016
  • The advanced horses show the top levels of dressage riding, including the passage, an elevated trot while moving forward with a pause in the air.
    Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Venues that can host surfing, sailing, equestrian dressage and track cycling?
    Andrew Keh, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Women dominate Olympic levels of three-day eventing, show jumping and dressage, sports that require enormous strength and skill.
    Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2024
  • Most exciting was the great presentation of fine horsemanship when five of the club’s riders gave us samples of dressage, hunter-jumper and Western riding.
    Jane Napier Neely, latimes.com, 1 July 2019

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'dressage.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: