Want to use Quadrille correctly in a sentence? These 8 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning.
Quadrille in a sentence
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Quadrille meaning
- A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.
- The music for this dance.
- A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s played with a 40-card deck.
Synonyms of Quadrille
Example types with quadrille
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One Wok, One Pot by Kwoklyn Wan (Quadrille, £16. (9 words)
String band music, quadrille and bele music and traditional storytelling are also popular. (13 words)
The pair dances a quadrille in the courtyard, which moves Rodolfo to jealousy. (13 words)
To inaugurate the season in late September, five companies and choreographers, including Kyle Abraham’s A.I.M., Ms. Gill and the Donna Uchizono Company, will join together for the second edition of “NY Quadrille,” organized and designed by Lar Lubovitch. (41 words)
If most of the figures are danced between facing couples across the set, as in the 19th century quadrille and dances derived from it, the couple opposite the first is the "second couple". (33 words)
But the vogue for the waltz and the quadrille ousted the country dance from English ballrooms in the early 19th century, though Scottish country dance remained popular. (27 words)
Example sentences (8)
One Wok, One Pot by Kwoklyn Wan (Quadrille, £16.
To inaugurate the season in late September, five companies and choreographers, including Kyle Abraham’s A.I.M., Ms. Gill and the Donna Uchizono Company, will join together for the second edition of “NY Quadrille,” organized and designed by Lar Lubovitch.
But the vogue for the waltz and the quadrille ousted the country dance from English ballrooms in the early 19th century, though Scottish country dance remained popular.
Folk dancing Folk dances of British origin include the square dance, descended from the quadrille, combined with the American innovation of a caller instructing the dancers.
If most of the figures are danced between facing couples across the set, as in the 19th century quadrille and dances derived from it, the couple opposite the first is the "second couple".
In the 19th century quadrille, the third couple is to the first couple's right.
String band music, quadrille and bele music and traditional storytelling are also popular.
The pair dances a quadrille in the courtyard, which moves Rodolfo to jealousy.
Common combinations with quadrille
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the quadrille 2×
- century quadrille 2×
- quadrille and 2×