prance

Example Sentences

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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

That’s why they were in position to prance jubilantly off the field when Dunlap thwarted Garoppolo’s fourth-down, last-gasp effort to add to the litany of painful finishes for the Seahawks this season.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2021

“That doesn’t I mean have to put on a red-white-and-blue shirt and prance around a hall or whatever,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2021

David Singleton’s vibrant choreography makes the most of the sparse cast, particularly when the actors prance around a pool table to the toe-tapper “The River Won’t Flow.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2021

“Yours truly trusts that a modicum of caution will he exercised in the prance, to prevent delivery of uncomfortable blows to the posterior of the forequarters?”

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