How to Use breakdance in a Sentence

breakdance

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• Breaking, more commonly known as breakdancing, made its debut as an Olympic sport on Friday.
  — Michaela Zee, Variety, 10 Aug. 2024
• While breakdancing is now an Olympic sport, rapping won’t be at the Olympic Games in Paris.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 July 2024
• That appeared to be the best choice since the other teams that tried to breakdance were struggling and the teams that did the puzzle ended up finishing in the top 3.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
• And the Place de la Concorde will feature breakdancing.
  — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
• The store’s front lot was a breakdancing battleground where kids from the neighborhood would lay out tiles, turn on the boom box and show off their moves.
  — Haeven Gibbons, Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2023
• On Friday, the musician opened up the first breakdance battles at the Olympic Games by C-walking on the breakdancing stage.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024
• As of this year, breakdancing is officially an Olympic sport and the Netherlands dance team are set to make quite an entrance.
  — Ivana Rihter, Vogue, 9 July 2024
• Breaking, also known as breakdancing, originated in the late 1970sin the New York City borough of the Bronx.
  — Amy Pope, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2024
• One new sport was added to the lineup: breaking, commonly known as breakdancing.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 24 June 2024
• Media coined breakdancing to explain the form more broadly.
  — Sean Gregory, TIME, 5 Mar. 2024
• Hip-hop is the purest art form that brings that melting pot of community together via (the MC), the DJ, graffiti, and breakdancing.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023
• The sport, which is more commonly known as breakdancing, will be contested at the Olympic Games for the first time ever in Paris, with men's and women's fields of 20 competitors each.
  — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
• Depth and breadth will do the trick; the United States should collect more than 60 medals from track and field and swimming combined and make the podium in everything from basketball to breakdancing.
  — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
• Not just the addition of breaking (also known as breakdancing) as an official event.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
• On Sunday, dozens of hip-hop lovers competed in breakdancing and graffiti painting at this year’s Battle 4 The Eagle.
  — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2023
• During one portion of the opening event, a crew of breakdancing mimes used massive Louis Vuitton trunks as part of their chaotic choreography.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2024
• On August 9, breaking (often referred to as breakdancing) made its Olympic debut, with B-Girls from all over the world showing off their moves in a series of one-one-one battles set to hip-hop music.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 9 Aug. 2024
• But after spending the last 15 years learning to breakdance, overcoming issues such as a lack of coaches, funding and formal training, Cheung is too invested in the sport to quit.
  — Reuters, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
• Luo-Lang is both heavier and more acrobatic than Nanashi is, practically breakdancing and using gravity to chop at the ronin from above.
  — Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
• For characters like Dee Jay, whose fighting style is built around breakdancing and fluid movement, actual dancers were contracted to do motion capture for the team to build from.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2023
• In addition to favorite sports, like gymnastics, swimming and diving, there will also be the introduction of the newest sport: breakdancing.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 21 Aug. 2023
• The Olympics organization describes breaking—also known as breakdancing—as an urban style of dance rooted in hip hop culture.
  — Condé Nast, SELF, 13 June 2024
• Occasionally, this fervent dot-connecting grows strained, as in a chapter that intersects the Voice with graffiti culture, breakdancing, and the emergence of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
  — Michelle Orange, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
• Expect low-rider cars, a breakdancing competition, and rap of the Southern Latino variety.
  — Camilo Hannibal Smith, Chron, 4 May 2023
• Similarly, elements of milly-rocking, two-stepping, lindy-hopping, and even breakdancing can be traced back to bomba music.
  — Marjua Estevez, refinery29.com, 24 Feb. 2023
• This year, libraries across Brooklyn will celebrate hip hop’s legacy with programs that include learning to DJ, graffiti art, breakdancing, spoken word, poetry, fashion, movies, and music.
  — Melissa Noel, Essence, 21 June 2023
• The Recess District will present the art of performance with rollerskating, gymnastics, breakdancing, double-dutch jump rope and cheerleading as well as a skateboard competition and a wrestling showcase called Bumbermania!
  — Taylor Mims, Billboard, 21 May 2024
• The motion and philosophy of dancing — specifically breakdancing — were also essential to individual characters and the game’s world at large.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2023
• This virtual experience will display content celebrating the genre’s multifaceted impact, from fashion to iconic women in Hip Hop, graffiti art, breakdancing and more.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 16 Aug. 2023
• Her husband introduced her to breakdancing The Australian athlete was first introduced to her sport through her husband, Samuel Free, who is also a breakdancer.
  — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024