Thesaurus results for PRANCED

pranced

verb

past tense of prance

as in strutted

to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements pranced across the room dressed in an outrageous costume

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Recent Examples of pranced As Darrell Royal, the old football coach at Texas once said … one of his players pranced into the end zone and started beating on his own chest. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026 Then Surge zipped through a tunnel and pranced around the ring. — Ross Mantle, New York Times, 21 May 2026 Troy — who is a Pony of the Americas, according to his owners, the Beaulieu family — pranced around his yard upon exiting the hospital trailer, receiving pets and apples. — Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026 And the preacher pranced around the stage. — Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026 Here, the Multimatic True Active Spool Valve dampers (TASV) pranced and pranged over bumps, dips and cracks. — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026 Enjoying one of these moments free from scrutiny, the five-foot-five, stocky Smalls playfully picked up the captain’s distinctive floppy hat and pranced around the ship, imitating his mannerisms. — Big Think, 13 Nov. 2025 The zebras pranced, all frisky energy; the elephants, lumbering and mournful, trailed behind with their ancient thoughts. — AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025 Colette pranced by, her curls dangling in a ponytail. — Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025

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Earlier this month, Andrew and Tristan Tate strutted around Washington as MAGA royalty.

— Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026
Later, after 7 1/3 innings of dominant baseball, Skubal strutted off the field to an even louder standing ovation.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 July 2026

Definition of strutted

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Madjo then strode into the left channel, PSG’s central defenders scrambling back, only to curl his effort wide.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Prosecutor Joel Seidemann strode briskly up the length of the courtroom’s center aisle with an accordion file under one arm and a line of eight younger colleagues rushing to keep up.

— Laura Italiano, NBC news, 20 July 2026

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Rhys gets to play Mayor Tom’s traumatic reactions to being stalked by a Sea Hag to great effect both comedically and horrifically.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2026
Cepo stalked from the center and staggered Urbina with an overhand right, then pinned him to the fence and punched wildly.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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