How to Use tango in a Sentence

tango

noun
  • The band played a tango.
  • The duo opened their tango with a fiery kiss and danced up a storm.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Here are the deets. 2 SEE: Two beloved dance troupes, plus tango!
    Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Alyson's tango earned her a 19 from the judges while Jamie Lynn's cha-cha earned her a 16.
    Calie Schepp, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The French brought tango to Vietnam in the ’30s, and the dance style also became a hit in Japan.
    Cecilia Lei, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Jennifer asked Ma to play a song so the couple could dance the tango.
    Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Richard Quest visits Buenos Aires in the latest episode, home of the tango.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 30 Apr. 2022
  • The Miz and his partner, pro Witney Carson, hit the floor for the tango.
    Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Alan Bersten performed the tango for their first dance, scoring a 28 out of 40.
    Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Salsa, bachata and tango tunes will echo in the gallery.
    Dallas News, 4 Sep. 2020
  • The star spins much slower than the planet though, so the tidal tango plays out in reverse.
    Charlie Wood, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2020
  • The pair had earned 36 out of 40 for their tango routine based on The Vampire Diaries.
    Gabrielle Duncan, PEOPLE.com, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Then, at more than the halfway point, the man gets up and begins to perform the tango with two women at the bar.
    Johnny Diaz, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Aug. 2019
  • The two-course tango involves two rooms, and two courses.
    Stefanie Groner, Glamour, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Gabby Windey and Val Chmerkovskiy also impressed the judges with their tango and earned a 40.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Our first dance is tango and it’s no hip movements or stuff that I’m used to, so shoutout to all ballroom dancers.
    Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Which brings us to the point: How do the corporations and startups tango?
    Shaloo Garg, Forbes, 18 May 2021
  • What used to be a tango between the doctor and patient is now a troika.
    Danielle Ofri, STAT, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The quartet will play his two tango pieces while on tour in Buenos Aires and Córdoba.
    Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Bergoglio teaches Benedict to dance the tango, the two watch a World Cup match together and the credits roll.
    Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Letting Sean Spicer tango onto prime time this fall is not the largest disgrace of all time.
    James Poniewozik, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Downstairs, El Cabaret presents a sultry tango show in the red velvet bar.
    Megan Wood, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2021
  • But just a few months before his 100th birthday, his friends gave him a plane ticket to the birthplace of tango.
    Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Alan Bersten stepped in to dance an Argentine tango with the Bachelorette star, which earned high praise from the judges.
    Calie Schepp, EW.com, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Martín likens tango to jazz because both have many sub-genres.
    Beth Wood Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2021
  • Smooth and sultry were the names of the game for a night of classic ballroom routines, like foxtrots, a quickstep, and a tango.
    Calie Schepp, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2022
  • That tango between the sweet and woody notes brought out the rich sensations of honey, chocolate and nougat.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 4 May 2022
  • Thus, the latter includes a bolero, a tango, a Christmas carol, a patter song and a waltz.
    Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The club used to host hundreds of tango dancers between Wednesday and Sunday.
    Time, 15 June 2021
  • Soon Chung Park, 74, loved dancing, especially the tango and the cha-cha.
    Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 27 July 2021

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