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prance

[prans, prahns] / præns, prɑns /


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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

“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

“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

I was not happy with this unpaid duty, either, especially when I had to watch Sam Houston and Lamar prance off to the gin and come home with money.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

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

Sometimes his comic instincts do pay off, as when Thor, Jane and friends crash a neo-Olympian, Vegas-ready paradise called Omnipotence City, where Crowe’s Zeus preens, prances and speaks in a hilariously awful Greek accent.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 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

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

He kept a stony silence as Jorge pranced around, trying to work on Matt’s nerves.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

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 located in the city's historic 19th-Century Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II arcade.

From BBC May 29, 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

My little cousin is prancing around the room with her nose pointed high.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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