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prance

[prans, prahns] / præns, prɑns /


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The performers joked with them and made sure to prance by their table during their numbers.

From Salon Dec. 9, 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

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

Behind him, a baby coyote prances into the fog.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

Mousseau said the team has grown close to some dogs, naming one Prancer because she excitedly prances around when she sees people.

From Seattle Times Mar. 3, 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

I yell as she prances into the infield.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

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

“What is dancing?” he asked jurors as he pranced and pirouetted across the room.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2025

It’s where Man o’ War, Seabiscuit, Secretariat and many others pranced to the winner’s circle.

From Seattle Times May 9, 2024

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

From New York Times Jan. 21, 2024

The toads pranced and twirled and shimmied to the finish line where, with one final croak and sidestep, Bob passed the red ribbon, victorious.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

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

And the groove, this time led by a simple, prancing line by Mr. Maynard, simulates the rhythmic movement of tidying up.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 6, 2026

For example, comedian John Early belts out the Chicks’ “Wide Open Spaces,” prancing about dramatically to choreographed moves, while Nicholas Braun from HBO’s “Succession” watches from the audience.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2025

I tune out the prancing food and run through my plan.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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