prance
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The kids prance around the yard quoting “Macbeth” a decade before he’ll stage it and Mescal gets to recite a “Hamlet” soliloquy as a little treat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
All the better to be able to wiggle, shimmy and prance your way around it.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2022
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
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
In his mind’s eye, he watched a parade of Crabbes and Goyles prance past, all transformed into girls.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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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
I yell as she prances into the infield.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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Though Francesco is only a month into his journey as a traveling cast member, he pranced about the ring Wednesday with the confidence of a seasoned ringmaster.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
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
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
Rewatching footage of her son bursting with youthful exuberance as he pranced on a soccer field, Fida Zalabani refuses to believe he tried to kill anyone.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
The horses liked it; they pranced a little during the first two miles, heartened by an extra-good breakfast and perhaps conscious of a light hand on the reins.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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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
The beige and blue mosaic of a prancing bull surrounded by a coat of arms is meant to represent the city of Turin, which was the first capital of Italy.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 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
Then Tea Cake came prancing around her where she was and the song of the sigh flew out of the window and lit in the top of the pine trees.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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