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prance

[prans, prahns] / præns, prɑns /


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Also, is it really necessary for him to prance on top of the dugout in the ninth inning disrupting the view of the fans?

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2022

Lady Bridgerton seems almost otherworldly in a world where women continually prance about in ethereal dresses that look like ballet costumes.

From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2022

If pandemic dating requires I prance an imaginary catwalk in the parking lot of McDonald’s, then I’m out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2021

Take away the athletes and there would be no one to watch the despots of sport dress up in their blazers and prance through the opening ceremonies.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2021

Annie watched Guiteau prance back and forth in front of a mirror.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Near a resort pool and on a narrow balcony, she prances around in a variety of adorable outfits including a pair of custom bedazzled hot pink heel roller skates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

Watch Weymouth’s perfect, tiny pointed-toe prances, adding soft punctuation to the beat.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023

In The Unseen Queen, the BBC's beautiful documentary of family-filmed footage of the young princess, Lilibet prances and dances, pranks and laughs.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2022

And sometimes Mitski’s charming prances around the stage in her flowy dress or pantomimed door-knocking in “Should’ve Been Me” warranted a snapshot.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2022

Spot turns and prances down the stairs.“Weatherman says a big storm is coming. Might be a hurricane. What I tell you?”

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

I could see his wild imagination at work and his interest in being an entertainer as he pranced around the house doing Elvis impersonations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025

As a crowd of spectators cheered, some of the sheep pranced.

From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2024

Ramirez’s 4-year-old daughter - who pranced behind her mother, blowing bubbles and popping the ones that landed in her brown curls - has a lung condition.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2023

Jeudy pranced and preened in a squabble with Smith, the former Panthers star receiver and current NFL Network analyst, prior to the Broncos’ 19-8 loss at Kansas City last week.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

He paced and pranced, there on the other side of the creek.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

In some caves where enlightened paradise is depicted, it’s utopic: singers and dancers prancing in revelry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The beige and blue mosaic of a prancing bull surrounded by a coat of arms is located in the city's historic 19th-Century Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II arcade.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

Yet the brand with the prancing horse logo took several years before deciding to throw its hat into the all-electric ring.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

Suddenly, the rock god who only three years prior hit his commercial apex with “Let’s Dance,” a master of artistic shapeshifting who pioneered music videos long before MTV existed, was prancing around with Muppets.

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026

Lancelot was still asleep when a new pageant came prancing by.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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