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
Connecticut’s top Banana will be dancing and prancing from the ballpark to the ballroom.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2026
In another clip, the deer continues to prance around the meadow, once again spinning in circles and once again appearing to grow dizzy.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Wild antelope prance freely while bison lazily graze in pastures.
—Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 17 Apr. 2026
Troy — who is a Pony of the Americas, according to his owners, the Beaulieu family — pranced around his yard upon exiting the hospital trailer, receiving pets and apples.
—Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2026
In another clip, the deer continues to prance around the meadow, once again spinning in circles and once again appearing to grow dizzy.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Wild antelope prance freely while bison lazily graze in pastures.
—Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 17 Apr. 2026
Troy — who is a Pony of the Americas, according to his owners, the Beaulieu family — pranced around his yard upon exiting the hospital trailer, receiving pets and apples.
—Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prance
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum Sarah Michelle Gellar strutted in the purple platform boots of the fashionable and upbeat Daphne Blake in both live-action Scooby-Doo flicks.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 June 2026
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This year is yet another for the World Cup; Yu Masui and Takeji Hirakawa are still strutting their stuff, and Phil Oh, along with Acielle Tanbetova, will be documenting all the off-the-runway action.—
Irene Kim,
Vogue,
13 June 2026
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After he was charged with stalking, Aguilera Mora was given supervised release, where he was ordered to wear an ankle monitor and was issued a no-contact order requiring him to stay 300 yards away from the victim as well as her home and workplace.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
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Now only the two stalking charges remain in his federal case.—
Lorena O’Neil,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
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“Prance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prance. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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