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prance

[prans, prahns] / præns, prɑns /


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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

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

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

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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