Sentence:  As Brother John Sellers sang five `` blues '' to the guitar and drum accompaniments of Bruce Langhorne and Shep Shepard , Mr. Ailey and Miss De Lavallade <WSD>went</WSD> through volatile dances that were by turns insinuating , threatening , contemptuous and ecstatic . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  apply thoroughly; think through