flounce

We've seen Cristiano Ronaldo flounce his way out of Hampden.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2024

For fall, diaphanous tiers of 1970s flounce in almost angelically light hues defined the show’s aesthetic inside a brutalist warehouse space.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

One morning, their mother asked Nelson to wear her loveliest dress, a dark frock with a flounce at the bottom, and then piled her and Cook into the landlord’s car while he drove.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2020

Edie’s daughter is left to flounce off, their relationship unresolved and the strain of extended obligation — a growing concern for many in an aging population — unexplored.

From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2019

Anastasia nods with approval as I flounce out to show her.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

A few months later, he quietly crawled back to Twitter and starting posting again, never acknowledging that he had flounced away in righteous indignation.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2021

In vintage footage from Hot Peaches shows, Wilhelmina shimmers in flounced white sateen as “drag queen superstar Belladella Bosom”, purring “I’m not a woman, I’m not a man, it’s my own game”.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2020

A West Indian band played in the corner, a young girl flounced around in feather boas, and gay men danced the Madison as they sipped on glasses of wine and longed to touch each other.

From Slate ● May 4, 2018

Also in the mix were statement-making tulle dressing gowns that flounced and bounced with ostrich or marabou feathers, custom made by L.A. designer Catherine D’Lish.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2017

Katie flounced through the living room and out the front door, which slammed shut with a thunderous bang behind her.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Manuel Puig’s “Kiss of the Spider Woman” is perhaps best known in the U.S. as the film that won William Hurt an Oscar for flouncing around a prison cell in a kimono.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

The girl was timid with strangers, but exuberant at home – playing practical jokes, haranguing her parents with mock political speeches or flouncing around in her ballet costumes.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2016

Some scenes seem like throwaways — especially the ridiculous role-playing round, with Flo flouncing around in a flowing bodice-trussed gown and wanting to be whisked up the stairs like Scarlett.

From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2014

To the couple's relief, the woman eventually backed down, merely flouncing out with the guitar before disappearing in a blue Jaguar.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2013

The door opened and Darlene came in wearing a satin cocktail dress and a flowered hat, flouncing her skirt gracefully as she walked.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole