Examples of 'hornpipe' in a sentence

Meaning of "hornpipe"

Hornpipe is a lively dance that originated in the British Isles. It is usually performed by a solo dancer and is characterized by quick footwork and intricate movements
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  • A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
  • A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.
  • A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time.
  • Music played to the hornpipe dance

How to use "hornpipe" in a sentence

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Your spirited hornpipe stole the show.
The fandango and even the hornpipe.
A reel is distinguished from a hornpipe by consisting primarily of even beats.
It is followed by a long spiritoso based on a hornpipe.
We have got our annual hornpipe display to do tonight at the Quay Hotel.
He is a grand dancer of the hornpipe jig.
Quite a hornpipe Thar be.
You should have seen his soft shoe hornpipe.
We have got our annual hornpipe display tonight at the Quay Hotel.
A bihu dancer is blowing a hornpipe.
Jig, reel and hornpipe are the most popular irish dances.
Taught him the hornpipe.
It is similar to a hornpipe but slower and more stately, and containing many snaps.
For a moment the tremor of his legs caused him to dance a sort of hideous hornpipe.
Were, by executing something like a hornpipe before the window.

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The pepa is a hornpipe musical instrument that is used in traditional music in Assam, India.
It's a bit like a reel pretending to be a hornpipe.
There are two variations of the hornpipe dance, fast and slow.
Looks like a hornpipe and a rope's end at Execution Dock.
I suppose next they " ll want me to do a hornpipe from the rigging.
Looks like a hornpipe in a rope 's end at Execution Dock.
Tonight at the key hotel . We have got our annual hornpipe display to do.
We"ve got our annual hornpipe display to do tonight at the Quay Hotel.
An example in this video with the band Danu playing a hornpipe and then a reel,.
Tom Bombadil danced a hornpipe in the house of Farmer Maggot, a Hobbit of the Shire.
Andit'sfunnytoseethe Little steps that are in there, Like the little hornpipe step.
You will dance the devil 's hornpipe at the end of the main yard.
It is typically sung to the tune of The Sailor 's Hornpipe.
You will dance to the devil 's hornpipe at the end of the main yard!
On the positive side, you will not miss out on the father / son hornpipe dance.
Yar! Quite a hornpipe Thar be.
Perhaps the best known example is the " Sailors ' Hornpipe.
Yes, of course . Your spirited hornpipe stole the show.
Come on, Sailor … make me a cocktail and I will show you my hornpipe.
On the father/son hornpipe dance.
From the 2008 series onwards it became a rendition of the similar Sailor 's Hornpipe.
Well, should I dance a hornpipe on the deck?
Sailor 's Hornpipe hornpipe.
No. 7 Newly composed, except for the final hornpipe derived from Muffat 's Componimenti Musicali.

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