as in struts
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements
pranced across the room dressed in an outrageous costume
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Recent Examples of prances
In a comedy special released last week, the thirty-nine-year-old comedian prances around the stage in a purple jumpsuit and sparkly red shoes, riffing on millennial-friendly topics such as Lin-Manuel Miranda and Fleet Foxes.
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Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prances
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The movie plunks us down at Mar-a-Lago, where Melania struts out the door and into the back of an SUV, which will take her to the red-white-and-blue private plane painted with the word TRUMP that’s waiting for her at the airport.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2026
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At the Barclays, Ellie struts the halls—all eyes are on her and her entourage.—
Marc Williams,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
26 Sep. 2025
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He high-steps, air-guitars, and sashays around as a program who abandoned his once-rebellious origins to survive the danger of the Grid.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
8 Oct. 2025
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After realizing that a mysterious, violent creature stalks the corridors, Clark manages to escape, but something about the Backrooms compels him.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Chive flowers can be harvested in the same way by cutting the woody flower stalks off at the soil line.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 May 2026
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Throughout, the show’s trademark surreality and sense of play allowed Sweeney to act out massive emotional swings and to edge into the absurd, as in a sequence where Cassie strides through Los Angeles, towering over buildings and dominating the men below.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
10 June 2026
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Mark Bradford strides by with a beneficent smile — towering over everyone, including AI art maker Refik Anadol.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Prances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prances. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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