as in strutted
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements
pranced across the room dressed in an outrageous costume
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In February, when Calvin Klein made its grand return to New York Fashion Week, Jenner even strutted the runway.—
Hedy Phillips,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025 -
Having only raced four times in her career, this Brad Cox trainee strutted her stuff on August 28 in an allowance race on opening day at this Franklin, Kentucky track.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Unity successfully stalked and became close friends with Adolf Hitler himself.—
Mimi Pond,
People.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Set on Juneteenth, the film follows a group of friends who venture to a remote cabin in the woods to celebrate the holiday, only to be stalked by a mysterious masked killer.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
PEOPLE,
13 Sep. 2025
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Then, a black horse strode between the trees, beelining for Stires.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
5 Sep. 2025
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The child was nowhere to be seen on Wednesday as her father strode down the red carpet at Tiananmen Square ahead of Xi’s military parade.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Attendee’s workday blues than completely vanished thanks to Billboard‘s Hip-Hop Rookie of the Year GELO, who swaggered about the stage and ignited the party with the littest cuts off his debut album, League of My Own.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Pranced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pranced. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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