pranced

past tense of prance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pranced
Verb
  • Palvin, 32, strutted the runway several times at the lingerie house's signature event, which returned for the second year in a row, after a hiatus beginning in 2018.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
  • On top of that, many showgirls strutted in three-inch-tall high heels.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Federal prosecutors allege Mangione stalked Thompson in Manhattan, where the executive was due to attend an investor conference at the New York Hilton Midtown.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
  • That afternoon, Steve stalked slowly into a hillside clearing, looking and listening carefully for deer.
    Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Noone, recognizing him as White, strode over.
    Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • And lo, here strode Escanor, god of sunlight and pride.
    New York Times, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Attendee’s workday blues than completely vanished thanks to Billboard‘s Hip-Hop Rookie of the Year GELO, who swaggered about the stage and ignited the party with the littest cuts off his debut album, League of My Own.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Pranced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pranced. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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