pranced; prancing
1
: to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing
2
: to ride on a prancing horse
3
: to walk or move in a spirited manner : strut
also
: to dance about
: to cause (a horse) to prance
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Examples of prance in a Sentence
Verb
The singer pranced around on stage.
The little boy pranced across the room in his cowboy costume.
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Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
After an interlude, two juveniles came prancing down the vines, hopping along to alight on the parkia.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 16 Jan. 2025
Now pundits delight in the prance to the race,
As Philly inches closer to America's big birthday.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
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Verb
Inside the mansion At Holt Kramer's home on an early December evening, Stormy, her rescue poodle, pranced down a spiral staircase into the living room.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
After an interlude, two juveniles came prancing down the vines, hopping along to alight on the parkia.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
Show tunes blast over the speaker as a puppet named Yellow Cat (who is, indeed, a yellow cat) prances and twirls across the floor.
—Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 16 Jan. 2025
Now pundits delight in the prance to the race,
As Philly inches closer to America's big birthday.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Prance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prance. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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