How to use "burlesque" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "burlesque" in popular movie and book plots

  • Grace (Joan Blondell), a former burlesque performer, dances for the group to break the tension.  - Cry "Havoc"
  • They must stage a burlesque of the Republic in exchange for their freedom.  - ¡Ay Carmela!
  • The next day Jones gets help from his ex-girlfriend, burlesque performer Gladys O'Neill, to take care of the little girl.  - Sorrowful Jones
  • While in an all-Stooge burlesque house, members of Stooge Hills (including James Avery) commit everyone in there to the sanitarium.  - Stoogemania
  • The next scene switches location to the Carousel Club of Dallas, Texas in 1962, a burlesque club owned by Jack Ruby.  - Ruby (1992 film)
  • When burlesque dancer Tanya gets into the taxi after work, she recognizes Peter from the newspaper photo.  - The Glass Wall
  • Janie Barlow (Joan Crawford) is a young dancer who is reduced to stripping in a burlesque show.  - Dancing Lady
  • His sister, Kay (Helen Parrish) resorts to dancing in a burlesque theater after she is fired from her job.  - Little Tough Guy
  • Shortly after their arrival in New York City, Zalmie is recruited by Louie, a performer at a burlesque house, to hand out chorus slips.  - American Pop
  • Peggy Martin (Marilyn Monroe) and her mother Mae (Adele Jergens) both work as burlesque chorus girls.  - Ladies of the Chorus
  • He hunts for a suitable specimen at a burlesque nightclub, on the streets, and at a beauty contest.  - The Brain That Wouldn't Die
  • Without knowing it, Homer accidentally finds himself on stage at the burlesque show.  - Homer's Night Out
  • At the beginning of the film, Nate, the father, runs a burlesque theatre, and engages in a community numbers racket.  - Liberty Heights
  • He hitchhikes cross-country and reaches San Francisco, where he joins a burlesque show as Hermaphroditus.  - Middlesex (novel)
  • Rushing to the club, he discovers Shannon on stage as a burlesque dancer.  - Far and Away
  • American burlesque performer Steve Martin (William Demarest) offers to play a song for his audience, if they agree to sing along.  - The Jolson Story

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