prance
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In the latter’s music video, Teasdale and Chambers unforgettably prance around in long, blue dresses while sporting lobster claw gloves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025
The performers joked with them and made sure to prance by their table during their numbers.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2022
Also, is it really necessary for him to prance on top of the dugout in the ninth inning disrupting the view of the fans?
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2022
“I do like dressing up and wearing full makeup. Because who doesn’t want to prance through the woods and feel like a woman fairy? But some of it is definitely about looking super-approachable,” she said.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
I was not happy with this unpaid duty, either, especially when I had to watch Sam Houston and Lamar prance off to the gin and come home with money.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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But we come to love Ava’s BFF Danica, who prances into obvious death traps wearing flimsy silver mules.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
Watch Weymouth’s perfect, tiny pointed-toe prances, adding soft punctuation to the beat.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
In The Unseen Queen, the BBC's beautiful documentary of family-filmed footage of the young princess, Lilibet prances and dances, pranks and laughs.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2022
And sometimes Mitski’s charming prances around the stage in her flowy dress or pantomimed door-knocking in “Should’ve Been Me” warranted a snapshot.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2022
I yell as she prances into the infield.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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I could see his wild imagination at work and his interest in being an entertainer as he pranced around the house doing Elvis impersonations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
As a crowd of spectators cheered, some of the sheep pranced.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
Ramirez’s 4-year-old daughter - who pranced behind her mother, blowing bubbles and popping the ones that landed in her brown curls - has a lung condition.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2023
Following an opening DJ set by Questlove, Jagger pranced and prowled a stage much smaller than he’s used to, one that a roadie prepared for him by sprinkling powder on the floor.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
I held my arms out and pranced, Olga Korbut style.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Earlier in the evening, she performed a brief, bright rendition of “Man I Need,” prancing in time with her band for a crowd dense with stars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The beige and blue mosaic of a prancing bull surrounded by a coat of arms is meant to represent the city of Turin, which was the first capital of Italy.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Yet the brand with the prancing horse logo took several years before deciding to throw its hat into the all-electric ring.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
Suddenly, the rock god who only three years prior hit his commercial apex with “Let’s Dance,” a master of artistic shapeshifting who pioneered music videos long before MTV existed, was prancing around with Muppets.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026
She sliced and stabbed at the air, prancing like a fencer.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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