prances

present tense third-person singular of prance

Example Sentences

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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
  • He high-steps, air-guitars, and sashays around as a program who abandoned his once-rebellious origins to survive the danger of the Grid.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Black Hole stalks Chris, a popular girl who contracts the virus, and a stoner named Keith, who is in love with her.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025
  • And at its climax, the Grabber, the franchise killer played by Ethan Hawke, gracefully stalks his victims on ice skates, ready to lop some heads with an axe.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Oct. 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 29 Oct. 2025.

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