prances

present tense third-person singular of prance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prances
Verb
  • At the Barclays, Ellie struts the halls—all eyes are on her and her entourage.
    Marc Williams, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The only actor who looks at home here is Chloë Sevigny as Kim, the resident Yale Philosophy Department psychotherapist, who struts through the movie in a series of baggy suits and a curly bowl haircut that wouldn’t be out of place on the Beverly Hillbillies’ Miss Jane Hathaway.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Deadhead spent blooms by cutting the flower stalks down to just above a strong leaf.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • This Ghost of Yōtei haunts the red maple forests and stalks the snowy tundra in search of those whose names are written on the sash wrapped around her waist.
    Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Football watchers are stacking up losses on their betting slips and fantasy records, but after every one of these aesthetically bankrupt displays, Nick Sirianni strides to the podium as coach of an undefeated team.
    J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • On a crowded street, Morejón strides up to the man and pummels him to the ground.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Prances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prances. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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