How to Use dance hall in a Sentence

dance hall

noun
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  • Then the movie skips ahead, to 1863, with Horizon now thriving, filled with tents, small houses, and even a dance hall.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
  • Several formed the city of East San Diego in 1912, with strict rules of no liquor, gambling, dance halls or guns.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The inn is minutes from the dance hall, downtown Fredericksburg, and the Texas wine trail.
    — Stacey Leasca, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The Fleiges said ideas for the streetcar included restaurants, a dance hall and a movie theater.
    — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2023
  • One opossum found out the hard way that marsupials and dance halls don't mix.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Overnight there, there was a shooting at a 16th birthday party at a local dance hall.
    — CBS News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec had tackled the Montmartre dance hall, so Picasso ...
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 25 May 2023
  • As a sweet treat, the couple served a four-layer mocha cake before everyone headed to the dance hall.
    — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The reception tent was decorated to look like an old dance hall, and the night ended with Texas tacos.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 May 2024
  • The result is a composition in which two dancers hold close like a couple in a Jamaican dance hall.
    — Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Funk, rap, jazz, and soul music melt into dancehall, reggae, and dub.
    — Vulture, 9 June 2023
  • Then there were three mass shootings in California within a matter of days – in a house, dance hall and two farms.
    — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The dance hall was hosting a 16-year-old's birthday party at the time of the attack, and as a result, many of the victims were reportedly teenagers.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The resort is designed to be a home away from home with amenities that include a kitchen, laundry room, dance hall and outdoor showers.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2024
  • At closing time at midnight, the East Texas country dance hall typically turns the lights on and lets customers have one last dance.
    — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Some dance halls established rules that coat sleeves should not extend beyond the fingertips and pants should not be too tightly pegged at the ankle.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
  • The symphony is aiming to retain the lake and entrance, and possibly Coney's Moonlite Gardens dance hall.
    — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The town’s dance hall and saloon remain Dunton’s social hub, where guests congregate for icebreakers and boot-scootin’.
    — Adam Erace, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • However, its history dates to the late 1800s; it is believed that the building once operated as The St. Clair Hotel's dance hall.
    — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2023
  • Fullington had always felt that many of La Bayadère’s group dances, as shown in the Stepanov notation, looked a lot like traditional American dance hall steps.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 June 2024
  • From jazz spots to the opera house, from dance halls to rock clubs, the Bay Area has nurtured and welcomed unforgettable voices that continue to inspire and move listeners.
    — Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
  • The event’s performance line-up somewhat covers the genre’s bases, intertwining pop, R&B, and dancehall.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2023
  • The appearance of the critter caused a bit of chaos at the bar until one of the patrons exiting the dance hall decided to help the confused animal find its way out by picking up the opossum.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Recognized as one of the oldest dance halls in Texas, the venue was built in 1907 and still stands tall with its large windows and high roof, providing an authentic dance hall experience.
    — Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 17 May 2023
  • The gunman moved onto another dance hall in Alhambra, where he was disarmed by Brandon Tsay.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Most notably, the saloon and pool hall on the corner (in the background of the postcard) featured an opera house and dance hall upstairs, funded in part by donations from other local merchants.
    — Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
  • Authorities said 89 shell casings were recovered from the dance hall.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The dancers, masked, drift around an ugly basement dance hall, out of synch, with some other (wrong) music laid on top, bumping into one another, all covered in a shiny stuff like stardust.
    — Anne Carson, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Inaugurated with a red ribbon-cutting ceremony in the fall of 2021, the structure along Avis Street has served as a music venue, dance hall, and studio for youth bomba lessons.
    — Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Designed by San Francisco architect Edward Glass in the 1920s, the hotel was the star gem in the diadem of downtown bars, dance halls, vaudeville theaters and assorted eateries.
    — Vincent Medina, Sacramento Bee, 16 June 2024

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