Get to know Breakdancing better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Breakdancing meaning
An urban style of acrobatic street dance that originated in the hip hop culture of New York City in the late 20th century.
Using Breakdancing
- The main meaning on this page is: An urban style of acrobatic street dance that originated in the hip hop culture of New York City in the late 20th century.
- In the example corpus, breakdancing often appears in combinations such as: breakdancing and, breakdancing for, as breakdancing.
Context around Breakdancing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Breakdancing
- In this selection, "breakdancing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, started, workshops, disastrous, originated, performance and training stand out and add context to how "breakdancing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a flamboyant breakdancing move as and and started breakdancing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "breakdancing" sits close to words such as aar, abdulla and abimbola, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with breakdancing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
No violence, just breakdancing. (4 words)
I eventually got into hip hop and started breakdancing. (9 words)
People have been left giggling over Australia's breakdancing routine at the Olympics. (13 words)
I’m not saying that could out-dance Raygun, because honestly, she does have some moves — but to be honest, you could probably find any breakdancing crew in the world and there would likely be someone with experience who could do better than this. (44 words)
In 2018, Young Kim, the K-Pop breakdancing sensation, was also leading Cisneros for much of the month of November, but fell behind during the Detroit Lions’ annual Turkey Day football game and ultimately lost in the depths of December. (40 words)
DeChon recalled playing a baseball game when he was young and pulling into second base where an apparently hang-loose base umpire John Moser gave him an arm wave (an element of breakdancing). (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
An urban arts festival will bring together graffiti workshops, breakdancing and so-called "yarn bombing" when it returns to Cleethorpes later this month.
No violence, just breakdancing.
A man has been diagnosed with a tumour on his head after breakdancing for more than 20 years.
Asked how she rated her breakdancing in the Octagon, the Queensland-based fighter said, 'I give that a 10. I think I did better than she did in the Olympics.
Breaking, also known as breakdancing, originated in the late 1970sin the New York City borough of the Bronx.
Chennai’s initiation into breakdancing can be largely credited to the name Antonio ‘Anto’ George, a Malaysian B-boy who mentored young dancers in the city from the early 2000s.
Embattled Australian Olympian Rachael “Raygun” Gunn revealed Wednesday that she hasn’t yet watched her disastrous breakdancing performance back in full after the viral routine sparked widespread mockery and backlash.
Even academic dances,” says the professional dancer and drummer, who started breakdancing around the age of 10, in Strasbourg, before training in contemporary dance.
How would I possibly be able to do that without any formal breakdancing training,’ she sarcastically quipped.
I’m not saying that could out-dance Raygun, because honestly, she does have some moves — but to be honest, you could probably find any breakdancing crew in the world and there would likely be someone with experience who could do better than this.
People have been left giggling over Australia's breakdancing routine at the Olympics.
Pristine concrete awaits your strolling, shopping, Raygun-style Olympic breakdancing or anything else you've been aching to do on Queen Street between Spring and Brock.
Raygun, whose real name is Rachel Gunn, announced last week that she was retiring from breakdancing following the controversy that ensued from her performance at the Olympics.
Alioski’s afternoon took a turn for the worse when he suffered cramp while attempting a flamboyant breakdancing move as he and the team revelled on the pitch after the final whistle.
DeChon recalled playing a baseball game when he was young and pulling into second base where an apparently hang-loose base umpire John Moser gave him an arm wave (an element of breakdancing).
In 2018, Young Kim, the K-Pop breakdancing sensation, was also leading Cisneros for much of the month of November, but fell behind during the Detroit Lions’ annual Turkey Day football game and ultimately lost in the depths of December.
The 1984 flop-turned-cult classic about breakdancing reportedly got its subtitle from the stage name of one of its stars: Michael "Boogaloo Shrimp" Chambers.
Breakdancing first debuted on the Olympic stage in 2018 as part of the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires to acclaim from watchers.
I eventually got into hip hop and started breakdancing.
I heard the Turtle is breakdancing and doing cartwheels since this is another 9/11 responder he won't have to dish money out to.
Common combinations with breakdancing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- breakdancing and 4×
- breakdancing for 2×
- as breakdancing 2×
- started breakdancing 2×
- and breakdancing 2×