prance

All the better to be able to wiggle, shimmy and prance your way around it.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 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

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

“Inside, Amber is actually a ‘My Little Pony’ cartoon, and if you watch carefully, she will prance around and sing and a rainbow will come out of her mouth and it’s great,” Davis says.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2021

He and his brothers no longer prance the tobacco and cotton fields at night.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

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

She prances about, swishing her gown left and right, beaming brighter than a morning-lantern as she waits for us to gush over her.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

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

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

Churro pranced in a circle in Natalie’s lap, smug with victory, then settled down and closed his eyes.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

I found myself more carefully applying makeup in my hotel room before prancing down to the hotel bar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

He was prancing about and really getting into it.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

On May 14, almost exactly 43 years later, the track was No. 1 again, prancing to the top of Spotify’s global chart following the release of the biopic “Michael.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 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

Beside her was a plump little blond boy with a prancing stag sewn in pearls across the front of his doublet and a miniature sword at his belt.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin