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Acrobat
Definition:
(n.) One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats.
Example Sentences:
(1) Morrison, atoning for his earlier miss, drilled home Rondón’s acrobatic cutback to pull a goal back for Albion but within seven minutes Chelsea had a third.
(2) In contrast, exercise animals had a greater density of blood vessels in the molecular layer than did either the acrobatic or inactive animals, suggesting that increased synaptic activity elicited compensatory angiogenesis.
(3) Inside was the world's biggest map, depicting all of New York state, laid out in sparkling terrazzo, across which troupes of acrobats and dancers would perform, and the animals of the kiddies' petting zoo would snuffle.
(4) Luis Suárez acrobatics end Arsenal’s unlikely resistance at Barcelona Read more Bayern showed their first signs of life just before the break when Müller’s effort was saved by Buffon and the ball rolled narrowly wide from a Robert Lewandowski deflection.
(5) 8.00pm BST 14 min: Commons tries to trick the keeper by cracking a freekick in at the near post rather than crossing, but you have to get up earlier than that to diddle Smokin' Mokin, who beats the ball away acrobatically.
(6) | Lucia Graves Read more It was an attempt to resurrect the long-dead genre of vaudeville, only replacing acrobats with Rick Santorum and tenors with veterans.
(7) I used to do trapeze and aerial acrobatics, and I always danced ballet, jazz and street dance.
(8) This late-night spectacular brought together comedians and professional wrestlers in a carnival of acrobatic violence.
(9) Patrice Evra's cross took a deflection but Danny Welbeck was acrobatic enough to volley past Costel Pantilimon.
(10) 12.48pm BST 'Linguistic acrobatics' by energy minister Here is the Guardian's latest story on the energy prices row , by Hélène Mulholland.
(11) Last year's final, won by acrobatic troupe Spellbound, averaged 12.3 million viewers, according to overnight figures .
(12) It was established that unsatisfactory sanitary and hygienic situation for members of the orchestra, workers taking care of animals and others, physical and neuroemotional load of gymnasts, acrobats and their assistants, induced uncomfortable work posture of conjurers and gymnasts were in some cases regarded as the main unfavourable occupational factors.
(13) She sees things others don’t.” England’s coach once again had Bardsley to thank for acrobatically repelling Diana Ospina’s cross-shot but must have cursed when Lianne Sanderson miscued an extremely inviting chance conjured by Nobbs’s low centre.
(14) One hopeful is a martial arts expert who just auditioned to do acrobatics in the JLS tour.
(15) Back in Whitstable the kite-surfers were having a ball, leaping high above the sea in the strong gusts of wind, their acrobatics watched forlornly by the seagulls, waiting to scavenge discarded chip wrappers that would never come.
(16) Whenever Bale went into a tackle there was a state of panic among Welsh fans and journalists, and Twitter was bordering on meltdown when he attempted an acrobatic volley while suffering with cramp.
(17) Acrobatic and gunnery training flight phases were considered physical load, strong interpretative actions, and emotional stress tasks.
(18) The full title of this event is the artistic gymnastics, and for 2012 the event seems to want to place the emphasis on art; thus the competitors were played in with a curious acoustic set from singer Pixie Lott, standing in the middle of the floor mat, surrounded by feline acrobats in latex body stockings.
(19) Unitl recent times, reports concerning voluntary nystagmus have been dismissive, most observers regarding the phenomenon as a form of ocular acrobatics or an amusing party trick.
(20) financial acrobat (@finansakrobat) Every single European Index is now in the red.