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Recent Examples of flounce
Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2025
The flounce hem is feminine and fun, adding just enough interest to take this from plain to chic.
—Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 9 July 2025
Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 June 2025
And though Clooney would probably be fetching wearing a hoop skirt the size of a circus tent and flouncing a thousand corkscrew curls, no.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 16 May 2025
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Noun
Overly Fussy Ruffles and Swags Ruffles, flounces, and swags had their moment once upon a time, but cleaner, more tailored designs have replaced them.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2025
The flounce hem is feminine and fun, adding just enough interest to take this from plain to chic.
—Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 9 July 2025
Verb
Floating around London’s Chelsea Flower Show as dusk is about to fall, the air is thick, the herbal scents of salvia and geranium offset by the minty nepeta and the flouncing citrus sucker punch of verbana.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 June 2025
And though Clooney would probably be fetching wearing a hoop skirt the size of a circus tent and flouncing a thousand corkscrew curls, no.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flounce
Noun
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Build the Perimeter Once the foundation’s laid, build out the perimeter using timber or steel edging.—
Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
3 June 2026
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Shorter varieties are perfect for the front of borders and edging paths and patios.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
Verb
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Some don’t have any visible Ferrari branding at all – much as how, minus its prancing horses, the Luce doesn’t share much of its maker’s DNA.—
Alistair Charlton,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Then Surge zipped through a tunnel and pranced around the ring.—
Ross Mantle,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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An easy 10-minute swim will have you on the fringing reef, with slivers of multi-coloured fish, gliding turtles and epic coral formations.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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But in 2015, that changed when the sea ice fringing this vast, icy continent stopped expanding and began to decline dramatically.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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This airy button-front design is made from 100 percent organic cotton, complete with soft texturing, ruffles, and a universally flattering stand collar.—
Olivia Cigliano,
InStyle,
30 May 2026
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On court, Osaka wore a blue-and-green Nike dress streaked with vertical ruffles.—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
Verb
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The restraining order also covers Carpenter’s workplace and vehicle and says Applegate may not harass, intimidate, threaten, contact or stalk her.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
2 June 2026
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Delaney Evans, who drove a CATS bus for 10 years, said she has been spit on, threatened, cursed at, stalked.—
Caitlin McGlade,
Charlotte Observer,
2 June 2026
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Mesquite and acacia trees ribbon the lower elevations, while Douglas firs and ponderosa pine line the upper reaches.—
Staff Author,
Travel + Leisure,
1 May 2026
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Eager to make connections with important people, Kapoor invited mayors to ribbon cuttings and doled outmore than $100,000 in campaign checks from corporate accounts, about half of which went to a political committee supporting a losing candidate in this November’s Miami Beach mayoral race.—
Sarah Blaskey,
Miami Herald,
16 Dec. 2025
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The forces operated out of several locations in southern Azerbaijan, two of the sources said, adjacent to Iran’s northern border and, at its closest point, only about 60 miles from the Iranian city of Tabriz, which Israel struck during the war.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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Black-and-white Tegu lizard (Salvator merianae) Iguazu Falls, the waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the Brazil-Argentina border.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Kelly doesn’t mince words about the odds.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 May 2026
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Even Johnson wasn’t exactly mincing words that this process begins with Malhotra.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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“Flounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flounce. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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