Example sentences for: devil-at-the-dance

How can you use “devil-at-the-dance” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Although the legends in this collection are from rural northern New Mexico, collected in the 1950s and 1960s, we find contemporary versions of the devil-at-the-dance tales in south Texas and in Baja California from the 1980s.

  • From the devil-at-the-dance narratives to the tragic death of Rosita Alvarez, recounted in the corrido of the same name, we learn of the importance of el baile in both rural and urban Chicano communities.

  • Robe’s collection of New Mexico legends contains thirty-four variants of the devil-at-the-dance tale.


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