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Recent Examples of flounce
Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 9 July 2025
It's fitted through the chest and waist and has a full skirt detailed with a tiered flounce and delicate ruffles.
—Nora Colomer
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Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Kobi Halperin debuted a dress coat decked out with a gold fringe scarf draped over one shoulder, while Christopher John Rogers had fabric scrap-like fringe flouncing from the sides of collars and waistbands.
—Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The flounce hem is feminine and fun, adding just enough interest to take this from plain to chic.
—Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 9 July 2025
It's fitted through the chest and waist and has a full skirt detailed with a tiered flounce and delicate ruffles.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
Lilly represents the tension between the old and new guard, flouncing into the White House with a profound disregard for tradition and a voracious desire to tear it all down.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Kobi Halperin debuted a dress coat decked out with a gold fringe scarf draped over one shoulder, while Christopher John Rogers had fabric scrap-like fringe flouncing from the sides of collars and waistbands.
—Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flounce
Noun
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Depending on the thickness of the steel chosen, the edging can last from 20 to 25 years.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2026
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Creeping phlox is a great choice for edging, rock walls, or slopes, and will brighten any garden with its abundance of cheerful pastel blooms.—
Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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As a little girl, Alexa Ray Joel would slip into costumes handed over by supermodel mom Christie Brinkley, then prance around performing Disney musicals like Aladdin and The Little Mermaid.—
Leena Tailor,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Aztecs won 89-86 before an electric home crowd on a night that had 12 ties and 11 lead changes and seemed like five against six sometimes with the way UNLV coach Josh Pastner was prancing around the floor in a suit and tie while the ball was in play.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
Verb
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At Cala Cavone—a jut of rock fringed with crashing waves—self-service loungers, espresso, and snacks are stored in an alcove in the cliff.—
Kristina Kasparian,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2026
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During modern times, the Texas State Historic Site has served as prime picnic grounds that accommodated the Star of the Republic Museum, an ample visitors center, a replica of the Republic of Texas capitol building, and broad meadows fringed with forest where the original townsite stood.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Chicken liver mousse is piped in ruffles on savory sablé cookies; a thimble-sized complimentary cocktail begins the meal for those who drink alcohol.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
16 Mar. 2026
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For the occasion, my mother had put on her Balenciaga, a black dress with two wide shoulder straps, a firm bodice, a full skirt that ended a few inches above the ankles, and the illusion of an underskirt supplied by a band of taffeta ruffles, also black, that peeked out from beneath the hem.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Nearby there’s also pheasant, partridge, and clay pigeon shooting, along with deer stalking.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Mar. 2026
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The law is named for Marsy Ann Nicholas, a 21-year-old college senior in California who was stalked and killed by her ex-boyfriend.—
Gabriel Velasquez Neira,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Eager to make connections with important people, Kapoor invited mayors to ribbon cuttings and doled outmore than $100,000 in campaign checks from corporate accounts, about half of which went to a political committee supporting a losing candidate in this November’s Miami Beach mayoral race.—
Sarah Blaskey,
Miami Herald,
16 Dec. 2025
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The road that ribbons through the foothills rises and twists like the tail of a cat.—
Sheri Castle,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Overlooking the mountainous border between Austria and Italy, Weißseespitze is an alpine glacier.—
Nidhi Sharma,
Popular Science,
13 Mar. 2026
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Straddling the United States-Canada border, the economies of Michigan and Ontario enjoy a symbiotic relationship.—
Taylor Millard,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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O’Brien did not mince words about this kind of external pressure.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Mar. 2026
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O’Brien did not mince words about this kind of external pressure on late-night television.—
Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Flounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flounce. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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