Dancing

Examples

• You have a dancing face, Brummell quietly observed, fixing his eyes steadily on her countenance for a second or two, and then passing on. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I am afraid that I-- I have seen you dancing this evening, and you had the very best of the girls for your partners. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• In dancing attendance at the various offices, I was always treated, more or less, as if it was a very bad offence. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• There was a pretty woman at the back of the shop, dancing a little child in her arms, while another little fellow clung to her apron. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Ginevra being, I suppose, tired with dancing, sought me out in my retreat. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Her sister had a great desire to learn the dancing-master's art, and seemed to have a taste that way. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• How she had looked before, Fanny could not recollect, for she had been dancing with Edmund herself, and had not thought about her. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I don't care much for company dancing. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• They were interrupted by the bustle of Mr. Weston calling on every body to begin dancing again. Jane Austen. Emma.
• We gave up dancing, finally. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• This evening was set apart for dancing, and Fanny and Julia being the very best dancers in the room were in their glory. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Are you fond of dancing, Fanny? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He took from his pocket the various slips of the dancing men. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Any thing else I should be most happy to do, at your commandbut my dancing days are over. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The dancing had not begun yet. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

Edited by Dorothy