prance

Some people take this stuff way too seriously and kind of prance around the ring.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024

Somewhere between Jacob Riis and Charlie Chaplin, Murillo offers a knowing but escapist prance through need.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023

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

“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

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

Mrs. Walton winks at me and then prances to the back of the church and out the door.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

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

After another bucket dropped during a 25-point performance in the McDonald’s All-American girls’ game in Houston, the generational Sierra Canyon senior threw a pair of three-finger signs up and pranced around the court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

She kicked off her performance with “Money” as she pranced across the stage.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2023

Mr. Whiskers pranced around my feet in the snow, batting at a clothespin that had tumbled out of the laundry basket.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Hwang gathered along with 30 neighbours for a session in August, practising how to pay hospital bills at mock kiosks, patting a prancing robot dog, or asking their phones: "Gemini, tell me about tomorrow's weather."

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 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

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

He loves videos of himself crashing his bike into a trash can, frolicking on a beach, prancing around a field with a retro camcorder strapped to a sheep.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025

Soon, five wolves stood in a circle under me, yipping softly and prancing around.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce