flounce
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We've seen Cristiano Ronaldo flounce his way out of Hampden.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2024
Only a generation ago, some gardener-critics thought them lacking in elegance and refinement, too conspicuous in their flounce.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2022
Rose tends to flounce through every moment of her life as though giving a command performance.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2022
In the Bourse de la Commence, a finely tailored business-like jacket filed by above a gray skirt with a flounce cut on the bias.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2021
So she says nothing and settles for storming up the steps in a fine flounce.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
The self-confident Mr Lindner overplayed his hand four years ago, and was accused of shirking responsibility when he flounced out of coalition talks.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2021
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
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
I loved my aqua shorts and matching socks with lace trim and a yellow dress with a flounced skirt.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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
"Rather than flouncing off", said Mr Hussain, the judge showed humour and "embraced" the fluffy intruder.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2021
Because unlike Giselle, the unemployed, recently animated naïf flouncing around Robert’s prewar apartment, Nancy, a successful fashion designer, wants things.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2020
But some palace lackey had erred; the vehicle was too cramped for a tall flouncing lassie and her frock.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 26, 2017
“How would you know?” said Dovie, flouncing by.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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