flounce
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We've seen Cristiano Ronaldo flounce his way out of Hampden.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2024
Ana de Armas, best actress nominee for "Blonde," wore a silver column dress with a flamenco dancer-like flounce on the bottom.
From Reuters ● Mar. 13, 2023
Only a generation ago, some gardener-critics thought them lacking in elegance and refinement, too conspicuous in their flounce.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2022
Rose tends to flounce through every moment of her life as though giving a command performance.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2022
She smoothed her long skirt underneath her and sat down with a little flounce like a young girl.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
While she spoke animatedly from a green room couch, Day’s bubblegum pink off-shoulder tee and baggy white pants repeatedly flounced out and then resettled in new shapes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
The self-confident Mr Lindner overplayed his hand four years ago, and was accused of shirking responsibility when he flounced out of coalition talks.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2021
A few months later, he quietly crawled back to Twitter and starting posting again, never acknowledging that he had flounced away in righteous indignation.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2021
He finally flounced out of the room with her looking daggers in his back.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2020
The night her mother took a Kleenex and forcibly tried to wipe the makeup off her face, Sharon flounced from the house and into her boyfriend’s truck.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Manuel Puig’s “Kiss of the Spider Woman” is perhaps best known in the U.S. as the film that won William Hurt an Oscar for flouncing around a prison cell in a kimono.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
The girl was timid with strangers, but exuberant at home – playing practical jokes, haranguing her parents with mock political speeches or flouncing around in her ballet costumes.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2016
Some scenes seem like throwaways — especially the ridiculous role-playing round, with Flo flouncing around in a flowing bodice-trussed gown and wanting to be whisked up the stairs like Scarlett.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2014
To the couple's relief, the woman eventually backed down, merely flouncing out with the guitar before disappearing in a blue Jaguar.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2013
“How would you know?” said Dovie, flouncing by.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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