How to Use breakdance in a Sentence

breakdance

verb

• And maybe some of those kids begged their parents to sign them up for a breakdancing class at the local recreation center or dancing academy.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 4 Sep. 2024
• This year, breakdancing is the only new sport added to the Olympic program, though new events such as kiteboarding and kayak cross also will be making their debut.
  — Jessica Koscielniak, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
• While breakdancing is now an Olympic sport, rapping won’t be at the Olympic Games in Paris.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 July 2024
• One of his skills on floor stems from breakdancing, a sport that is making its Olympic debut in Paris.
  — Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 30 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
• Born in New York City in the 1970s, breaking (aka breakdancing) is now an official Olympic sport.
  — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 25 July 2024
• Raygun, whose full name is Rachael Gunn, was one of many dancers to compete in the debut of the breakdancing competition at the Paris Olympics.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2024
• 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
• The dad trick that led Edra to breakdancing The story of Edra’s breaking career begins with her father.
  — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2024
• Victor Montalvo wasn’t even born when breaking—also known as breakdancing—first emerged in the 1970’s on the streets of New York.
  — Heather L. Whitley, Southern Living, 25 July 2024
• After joining her for a few seconds, Fallon tried his own hand at breakdancing on the floor.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 14 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
• At a news conference on Tuesday, all of them expressed their pride at being able to represent the roots of the sport, also known as breakdancing, in its Summer Games debut.
  — Madeleine Richards, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2024
• Breaking, more commonly known as breakdancing, made its debut as an Olympic sport on Friday.
  — Michaela Zee, Variety, 10 Aug. 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
• 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
• 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
• More commonly referred to as breakdancing, the sport—a foundational part of hip-hop culture—started in the Bronx back in the 1980s, but made its Olympic debut just this year at Place de la Concorde stadium.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024