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
While his bandmates pranced around the stage with black dildos bobbing from their noses and top hats jauntily cocked, Forrest would open the show in a Joker-esque getup, holding a flaming Bible.
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Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2025
This should bode well for Ballerina prancing past $30M. Men showed up to the guns-blazing ballet Thursday night at 61%.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 June 2025
Alonso was Ferrari’s properly prancing horse back then.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 21 May 2025
As Harley pranced with the puck at the Avs’ blue line on a Dallas power play, O’Connor saw a window.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2025
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Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2025
This should bode well for Ballerina prancing past $30M. Men showed up to the guns-blazing ballet Thursday night at 61%.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 June 2025
Alonso was Ferrari’s properly prancing horse back then.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 21 May 2025
As Harley pranced with the puck at the Avs’ blue line on a Dallas power play, O’Connor saw a window.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2025
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On top of that, many showgirls strutted in three-inch-tall high heels.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Hailey Bieber, too, has given the sneaker a seal of approval, strutting around in its ombré, yellow-and-orange version in London while confirming that the trench coat and Nike Shox combo is one worthy of replicating this fall.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
1 Oct. 2025
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After escaping the Grabber’s (Ethan Hawke) clutches and putting his killing spree to a permanent end in The Black Phone, Finney investigates a winter camp with his younger sister Gwen (Madeleine McGraw), who’s had visions of the killer stalking three young boys from beyond the grave.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
4 Oct. 2025
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Many of the homicides had documented risk factors associated with lethal violence, including stalking, strangulation, death threats and prior use of a weapon.—
Ashley Luthern,
jsonline.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Prance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prance. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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