noun
Etymology
Origin of flouncing
Example Sentences
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Manuel Puig’s “Kiss of the Spider Woman” is perhaps best known in the U.S. as the film that won William Hurt an Oscar for flouncing around a prison cell in a kimono.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2023
Did Nancy Marchand really grab Ms. Harris’s red wig and pull her back into the dressing room from which she was angrily flouncing?
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2013
As the Mistress, Elizabeth Debicki is a flouncing yet imposing presence.
From The Guardian • Jun. 9, 2013
To the couple's relief, the woman eventually backed down, merely flouncing out with the guitar before disappearing in a blue Jaguar.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2013
My first thought was that the yellow ring had gotten tangled in a bush, and while the monkeys were flouncing and dragging the net over the ground, the net had opened.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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