flouncing

Definition of flouncingnext
present participle of flounce

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for flouncing
Verb
  • The Aztecs won 89-86 before an electric home crowd on a night that had 12 ties and 11 lead changes and seemed like five against six sometimes with the way UNLV coach Josh Pastner was prancing around the floor in a suit and tie while the ball was in play.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • In the album’s most beautiful moments, Triplin makes arpeggios sound like prancing through an earthly paradise and sands off juke’s rough edges to produce rhythms that seem to chug along in the margins of a daydreaming brain.
    Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The article inside is a strained and mincing document filled with speculation that gay-male social life is entangled with the power structure of Silicon Valley.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Let your food processor do all the hard work of mincing the herbs and garlic—just throw all the ingredients in and voila!
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • But between strutting around like a rock god, Michael presented nuanced and sophisticated looks at lust.
    Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Make your way to our festival headquarters before the screenings begin, strutting through the French Quarter in style behind a demonic brass band, creepy characters both familiar and unknown, and you.
    William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • There was the usual assemblage of male and female Anna’s and just a couple of the Allen’s darting out occasionally from the sanctuary of the nearby tree to drink nectar from the hanging feeders.
    Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • At one point, a part of the big-rig was hanging over the railing.
    Tim Fang, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Spend an hour traipsing through flat grass paths on the farm with the owner and goat herder.
    Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
  • As mentioned, Milan is known for its art, and the runways fittingly reflected muses traipsing directly from an art party (or basement rave) to the catwalk.
    Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Don the swaggering employee needs to learn a lesson about gender identity.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
  • And Jordan's performances as Smoke and Stack are indeed confident and distinctive, not just in their different sartorial choices but in their mannerisms, with the actor excelling at portraying both Smoke's stoic practicality and Stack's swaggering charm.
    Ken Simmons, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Last week’s, still in theaters, saw Sarah Michelle Gellar stalking someone, and the new one has Heather Graham’s eyeball running amok.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Court documents show Lloyd has been found incompetent to stand trial multiple times in Hennepin County for charges of stalking.
    WCCO Staff, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Understand Substorms The aurora isn’t sashaying at full blast all night.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 27 Jan. 2026
  • RuPaul Charles is sashaying to the big screen with the first feature film from the RuPaul’s Drag Race universe.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Flouncing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flouncing. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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