How to Use ballerina in a Sentence

ballerina

noun

• Carla's mom helped her pick out a navy blue dress and a pair of beige ballerina flats for the wedding.
  — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 9 June 2019
• The bag looks like a single ballerina slipper, beige sole included, with the deranged twist of a hooved toe.
  — Tatum Dooley, Teen Vogue, 9 July 2019
• Yes, watching this great ballerina being recklessly flung about in her final scene had its effect.
  — Lewis Segal, latimes.com, 7 July 2019
• The other man wears a black velvet dress—and hovering over his outstretched hand is a tiny ballerina in first position.
  — Matthew Klam, The New Yorker, 26 June 2019
• There are 9 main nail shapes: round, square, rounded square, oval, squoval, ballerina, almond, stiletto, and lipstick.
  — Blake Bakkila, Good Housekeeping, 10 Jan. 2019
• Watching them is mesmerizing, their bulk as graceful as a ballerina, through the channel and beneath bridges that raise and drop like curtains on a stage.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland.com, 20 June 2019
• From delicate bows to punky metal studs, there are endless ways to amp up the classic Mary Jane ballerina and step out of the (shoe) box.
  — Esther Newman, refinery29.com, 9 Sep. 2024
• The other is a reproduction clipped from a Degas painting of a ballerina.
  — Sharon Mizota, latimes.com, 1 July 2019
• The feminine ballerina flat has been reimagined for fall with a twist that commands a more downtown edge–thanks to bold details like thinner-than-usual straps and playful prints.
  — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2024
• Tatiana tended to her large acreage of farmland and often spent her evenings knitting socks or crafting complex cross-stitch patterns of landscapes, animals and ballerinas.
  — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
• Her clients, a finance executive and a retired ballerina, set out to create the ultimate playground for their family.
  — Jennifer Blaise Kramer, House Beautiful, 28 June 2019
• Debicki spent her childhood in Australia training to be a ballerina as influenced by her parents who were professional ballet dancers.
  — Lindzi Scharf, latimes.com, 7 June 2019
• Among the things that rocked with it were ballerinas on pointe.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2023
• And then the ballerina’s twirl, his cap flying off, and the throw back to the infield.
  — Kevin B. Blackistone, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
• Don’t look for a turquoise skirt on the ballerina brooches.
  — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 15 June 2022
• The new breed of pumps isn’t the classic ballerinas that were popular in the Noughties, though.
  — Emily Chan, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2023
• Someone even left a tiny ballerina that looked the same as one that was scorched in the fire.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
• Why deal with the fuss of a stiletto when a ballerina, loafer, or slide does the job just as well.
  — Vogue, 22 June 2022
• Seeing men who aren’t ballerinas in ballet flats this year on the streets will be the true trend test.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 22 Jan. 2024
• At the barre, channel your inner ballerina in this set by Live The Process and a pair of slouchy socks.
  — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 19 July 2022
• The second snap features the duo with their hands above their heads in a ballerina stance.
  — Katie Campione, PEOPLE.com, 9 July 2021
• The display takes the idea of a ballerina from a music box and puts that into lanterns.
  — Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2022
• Case in point: crystal studded ballerinas and slides that look just as chic with jeans and a T-shirt.
  — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2023
• Beth’s dad dies, and so do her dreams of being a ballerina.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 May 2021
• To pair with tutu skirts and white tights, the hair and makeup channeled ballerinas, who took to the stage like clockwork.
  — Essence, 26 Jan. 2024
• Calf muscles are used to rise-up on your toes like a ballerina.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 22 Sep. 2022
• Alicia, a 24-year-old ballerina, dances on pointe from the limo to Matt in a full ball gown (don’t mind us watching this in our sweats from the couch).
  — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2021
• Vibe: From the twirling, glittery ballerinas affixed to the ceiling to the decked hall of wreaths, much of the appeal is skyward at Dreamland.
  — Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
• Two playwrights bring a movie dancer to New York for a Broadway show with a ballerina.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021
• The ballerina Tiler Peck moonwalked, on pointe shoes, to a rap by Tariq Trotter.
  — Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024