How to Use twerking in a Sentence
twerking
noun-
The ladies showed off their twerking skills, while the guys stuck to simple moves.
— Jennifer MacHin, Billboard, 26 Apr. 2018 -
His dancers brought it, too, with twerking, braid whipping and splits to boot.
— Joe Lynch, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2021 -
Normani and her dancers hang off a chain-link fence, twerking.
— Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2019 -
And the same goes for twerking, when the street party kicks off Monday and Tuesday in Port-of-Spain.
— Jacqueline Charles, miamiherald, 8 Feb. 2018 -
But what would a Megan Thee Stallion cameo be without some twerking?
— Jabeen Waheed, Glamour, 2 Sep. 2022 -
More of the Barry Sanders way of handing the ball to the referee than Antonio Brown twerking.
— Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 24 Oct. 2017 -
Check out some twerking, country line dancing and more.
— Caitlin Kelley, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2017 -
As Rae goes through the moves step by step, Kim can’t help but cringe at the body rolls and twerking, which her teacher takes note of and adjusts to her comfort level.
— Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 22 Apr. 2021 -
This is not about Lizzo being fat, twerking, or hating on her.
— Lisa Respers France, CNN, 10 Dec. 2019 -
Join in these workshops on twerking, yoga, hoops, juggles, rope dart and more with top instructors from around the world.
— Lisa Herendeen, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2019 -
Several of them twerk on their hands and knees in the sand, while in two shots Hanks lets two women’s twerking buttocks bounce off his face.
— Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2021 -
Get ready for glam prom dresses, twerking, and, weirdly enough, llamas.
— Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 30 July 2015 -
But through the power of twerking and the inimitable guiding hand of Missy Elliott on the video, anything is possible.
— Natalie Maher, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 July 2021 -
Kalorie Karbdashian Williams is a twerking plus-size queen.
— Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2018 -
The 23-year-old served a stellar performance complete with a basketball court set, a breath-taking dance solo, and so much twerking.
— Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Aug. 2019 -
The excited little girl quickly turns into the real Normani and the twerking-filled video begins.
— Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 16 Aug. 2019 -
In the clip, one of her extremely-toned legs is perched in optimal twerking position, atop a midnight gray Ford Bronco.
— Chelsea Avila, Allure, 3 June 2022 -
Unfortunately for Brown, the twerking will still be banned next season.
— Andrew Joseph, USA TODAY, 23 May 2017 -
Her unapologetic attitude, her flute (and twerking) skills, and killer style have us, the whole world, and even Beyoncé hooked.
— Bianca Nieves, Teen Vogue, 4 Sep. 2019 -
If your ideal workout involves grinding, twerking, and voguing to today’s top hits, The Fitness Marshall is for you.
— Jenny McCoy, Glamour, 24 Dec. 2020 -
Alaska quips before the trio disarms Katya with a mix of tonge pops, high-octave vocal acrobatics, and twerking.
— Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 8 Nov. 2019 -
Now Cho, comedy legend, doesn’t let anyone else cut or style her hair, which has led to plenty of shenanigans, like the time Cho corrected his twerking form.
— refinery29.com, 15 June 2018 -
Meanwhile, Graham will likely have to answer to her family about her twerking.
— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 1 Mar. 2018 -
And dancing is allowed, but twerking (sorry, Antonio Brown) will bring out the yellow hanky.
— Scooby Axson, SI.com, 7 Sep. 2017 -
Yet humans move their entire bodies when dancing in a grand array of gestures – twerking, anyone?
— Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2019 -
Think of it as a hip-hop workout party equipped with a live DJ for every class, lots of twerking, high-intensity workouts, and fun choreography.
— Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 28 Dec. 2019 -
Apart from her good as hell bangers and candid TikTok videos, Lizzo is worshipped worldwide for her incredible twerking skills.
— Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 1 Mar. 2022 -
My trembling turned into twerking as Christina Aguilera and Beyoncé blared in the chamber while I was being blasted with cold air.
— Lamar Dawson, GQ, 16 June 2018 -
Miley makes headlines everywhere after her performance at the VMAs, which is filled with twerking, grinding, and foam fingers.
— Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 27 Dec. 2018 -
Mack noted that her legislative work has received less attention than her twerking.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022
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