as in to strut
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements
pranced across the room dressed in an outrageous costume
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Recent Examples of prance
The sculpture includes the full car body, along with Ferrari’s official prancing horse badges, front and rear lamp lenses, and hood straps.
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Alistair Charlton, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Ball, prancing handsomely around the stage in a leather jacket and see-through club shirt, leaves a stylish impression when in motion.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Lights and camera action In Epic’s Celestial Park, an introductory area of the new park, there are prancing water fountain and a lagoon at the foot of the Helios Grand Hotel.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2025
The tall Burr Johnson is often a loner in this group, gesturing and prancing, then suddenly swirling into larger-scale motion.
—Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Alistair Charlton, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Ball, prancing handsomely around the stage in a leather jacket and see-through club shirt, leaves a stylish impression when in motion.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Lights and camera action In Epic’s Celestial Park, an introductory area of the new park, there are prancing water fountain and a lagoon at the foot of the Helios Grand Hotel.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2025
The tall Burr Johnson is often a loner in this group, gesturing and prancing, then suddenly swirling into larger-scale motion.
—Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prance
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The big moment saw Sunday Rose strutting in a white dress and knee-high socks.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Memories of him strutting to the plate at Coors Field remain fresh.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
24 July 2025
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The complaint alleges that Santiago belittled, stalked and harassed Ortiz in front of other students and teachers.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
12 Aug. 2025
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Kate Riley: Despondently stalking up and down avenues of Manhattan, scheming of ways to acquire food without paying for it, alienating and terrifying everyone who cared about me, trying to invent toys.—
Teddy Wayne
August 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Prance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prance. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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