Example Sentences

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“It’s as if the board members are prancing down the lane and covering their ears, pretending nothing’s wrong,” said Robak, who has been active on the district’s parent councils for a decade.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2018

Two hounds are prancing in the truck bed.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2014

Nash and Oliver are prancing in circles around the living room table wearing gold marching band hats with blue feathers that nearly double their height.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Small boys who think they “would be mermen bold” are prancing about gayly in the water.

From One Year Abroad by Howard, Blanche Willis

The shields of the heroes are red, The warriors are in scarlet; Like fire is the shining of his chariots in the day of his muster, And the horsemen are prancing.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall