How to Use capoeira in a Sentence

capoeira

noun

• Zumbi ruled a huge settlement of runaway slaves who defended themselves against the Portuguese with capoeira, a form of martial arts.
  — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• Most nights there's an impromptu soccer game or capoeira (Bahian martial arts) match, made all the more captivating by the balmy night air.
  — Deborah Dunn, Town & Country, 29 Apr. 2016
• Students can learn violin, guitar, drums, voice or piano, along with capoeira, mariachi or Afro-Cuban drums.
  — Lisa Deaderick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 Jan. 2018
• Nearby, a capoeira group rehearses, and a bit further several dozen tai chi students push the air gently away in this direction and that.
  — Juan Cristóbal Cobo, National Geographic, 27 Mar. 2019
• Some of the hurtling upside-down jumps are those usually associated with capoeira, the Brazilian martial arts genre.
  — Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2018
• The princess’ escape from her circumscribed life appeared to be through extreme sports, the friend said, including scuba-diving, capoeira and skydiving.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2018
• Feint and trickery are generalized into a capoeira player’s worldview such that they are revealed to be an unavoidable part of the texture of life itself.
  — Brittany Allen, Longreads, 24 May 2018
• Clapping and thigh slapping recall juba dancing, and a circle dance suggests the rudimentary moves of the Afro-Brazilian martial arts form capoeira.
  — Karen Campbell, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2018
• The festival, which takes place from noon to 10 p.m. on June 23, will be showcasing Brazilian ethnic food, folk dance, capoeira, quadrilha Junina, samba school parade, and performances of renowned Brazilian musicians.
  — Staff Report, Sun-Sentinel.com, 11 June 2018
• Afterward, guests arrived at Parque Lage to musicians playing capoeira music and traditional Baianas dancing and singing from the balcony above.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2018
• Although Berry now only teaches aikido, Quiet Storm has classes in a number of different martial arts including capoeira, jiu jitsu and kenjitsu.
  — Marina Affo, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2019
• The oppression of capoeira diminished significantly during the 1930s.
  — Smithsonian, 21 Sep. 2017
• Past editions have included tap-capoeira fusions, statements of political protest and digital experiments with sound.
  — Siobhan Burke, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2017

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