How to Use line dance in a Sentence

line dance

noun
  • So half a dozen of them came to line dance, drink beer and shoot pool.
    Joe Mozingo, Alaska Dispatch News, 6 Oct. 2017
  • As the guests were dancing a line dance at the front of the room, a gunman walked in and opened fire.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Rhett called, and soon the side-by-side duet was in full bloom, with even some country line dance moves during the bridge.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Students learn soul line dances choreographed to R&B, jazz, gospel and Latin tunes.
    Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • For those of us who can’t keep up with the line dance at the hoedown, Ms. Carter said, Here’s some hip-hop beats for y’all to shake ass on the dance floor.
    Zoe Guy, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Irish dance and Greek line dance were also demonstrated, as was kung fu.
    Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2018
  • Cindy Lao’s line dance was destroyed by gunfire a year ago, but her spirit wasn’t.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • One was line dancing on Lower Broadway in Nashville and the other one was a rodeo.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Apr. 2020
  • At one point, all the zombies start doing like a line dance that's reminiscent of a bad Thriller.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Ride a mechanical bull, two-step and line dance to a country band, and partake of an open bar.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Like a drunk octopus trying to line dance at his sister's wedding, the Dems are out of step.
    Fox News, 28 July 2018
  • Learn how to dance at a six-week summer line dance lesson program in Marshfield.
    Corey Dockser, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • It was picked up in Angola, where a video showed a group of people interrupting their meal to do a line dance to the song.
    Andrew Meldrum and Nqobile Ntshangase, Star Tribune, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Check out some twerking, country line dancing and more.
    Caitlin Kelley, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2017
  • There also will be line dancing, plenty of food and cow chip bingo.
    Daily Pilot, 3 Oct. 2019
  • And of course, there is fine dining to experience, line dancing to get into, and rodeos that will wow you.
    Anna Mahan, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The club offered lessons for people learning to two step or line dance, and live bands performed on Saturdays.
    Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 9 May 2020
  • In another corner of the room, a giant game of Twister occupied hands and feet; then a line dance, with pivots and hip bumps, broke out.
    New York Times, 8 June 2018
  • On April 19, Brown filmed himself performing a simple line dance to the track and posted it to his Instagram page.
    Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY, 11 June 2019
  • Line dancing: Monday, June 4, at 6:30 p.m. Learn a few basic line dancing steps.
    Courant Community, 29 May 2018
  • The finger-pointing line dance made famous by that movie has little to do with the partnered style that first emerged in the early 1970s in the streets and the underground clubs of New York City.
    New York Times, 7 July 2022
  • After a few songs, count-by-count line dance instruction begins.
    Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Hundreds of Ikea employees in yellow and blue shirts clapped thunder sticks, line danced and cheered the first to enter the mammoth store, which is the size of five football fields.
    John Tuohy, Indianapolis Star, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The afterparty includes face painting, line dance lessons, games and more.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 29 June 2022
  • Check out the exclusive outtakes Segal sent EW of Reid trying, and trying again, to keep up with a very simple line dance.
    Shana Naomi Krochmal, EW.com, 27 May 2020
  • To the average Stud Country attendee, the history of line dance may not be apparent, and that’s OK.
    Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Singles and couples are welcome; line dances and couples’ dances will be included in the band’s repertoire.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2019
  • The high-energy fitness class will teach you some moves for line dancing later in the bars or can be just a fun experience to have as a group.
    Margaret Littman, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Houstonians looking to sport some cowboy boots and spend a night country line dancing don't have to look too far, though.
    Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 6 June 2019
  • Clever edits show Lopez swapping dresses and grooms apace, line dancing with shifting partners as though nothing were amiss.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2024

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