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
Colette pranced by, her curls dangling in a ponytail.
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Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
Ferrari’s latest one-off is a tribute to one of the most legendary prancing horses of them all.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025
Plus, the icy pastel hues are reminiscent of ballerinas prancing in The Nutcracker.
—Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2025
The pig pranced around Alix’s ground-floor apartment like a toy poodle on high heels, hooves clicking along the wood floors.
—Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2025
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Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
Ferrari’s latest one-off is a tribute to one of the most legendary prancing horses of them all.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025
Plus, the icy pastel hues are reminiscent of ballerinas prancing in The Nutcracker.
—Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2025
The pig pranced around Alix’s ground-floor apartment like a toy poodle on high heels, hooves clicking along the wood floors.
—Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prance
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Teigen strutted down the black-and-red carpet in black patent-leather D’Orsay pumps with dainty ankle straps.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The rest of the parade went and members of the string bands played and strutted without props.—
Raymond Strickland,
CBS News,
2 Jan. 2026
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Somehow, Olinger said, the jaguars always seemed to evade the traps with the team’s high-end gear and instead stalked past the smaller research cameras.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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Several key pieces of evidence referenced at trial, including police reports documenting earlier strangulation attempts and stalking, are no longer available in agency archives.—
Stephen Martin,
Oklahoma Watch,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Prance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prance. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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