How to Use quickstep in a Sentence

quickstep

noun
  • Hey, that's Len Goodman explaining how to dance the quickstep!
    Lynette Rice, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Other than the quickstep, samba is definitely one of the hardest dances to learn in 1 week during the season.
    Jenna Johnson, PEOPLE.com, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Gaining on last week's score by a full three points, the '80s singer exuded a newfound confidence with her quickstep.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Singer Debbie Gibson had more confidence and style on her quickstep.
    Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Just after 20 seconds into their musical-themed quickstep, Lachey’s red-hot skirt fell to her feet.
    Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Then Muniz performed a delightful quickstep, and Inaba praised the dance’s joy.
    Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Haslet, 35, was a professional ballroom dancer who received a prosthetic blade to do the quickstep and the jive, and only then decided to take up running.
    The Associated Press, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2016
  • Pic by @jilliangoulding Slater, who was teaching Van Der Beek a quickstep for this week of the competition, said their dance was perfectly timed to the exciting announcement.
    Laura Hanrahan, Woman's Day, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Carrie Ann thinks Jesse’s intensity and enthusiasm caused the refinement of the quickstep to get away from him a little bit.
    Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2020
  • This song evolves in chunks, beginning as quickstep indie-pop, then shifting to pop-soul, then unfurling into dance floor bliss and finally opening up for a kind of post-genre ecstasy.
    Jon Pareles, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2020
  • After seven seasons (including one strange Rick Perry quickstep), Emma finally gets her mirror ball alongside Rashad.
    Justin Kirkland, USA TODAY, 24 May 2017
  • Karina Smirnoff just performed a quickstep into motherhood!
    Christina Dugan, PEOPLE.com, 1 Apr. 2020

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