prance
verb (used without object)
to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
had pranced
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past perfectof prance.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Before starting his lecture, twinkly-eyed Dr. Damrosch had pranced across to Mrs. Huntington Astor, Fund president, genuflected and kissed her hand.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instantly upon delivering his stroke, the white bull had pranced lightly aside, knowing well enough the swift and deadly effectiveness of a bear’s paw.
From The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories by Charles Livingston Bull
She waited until the snubnosed sextette had pranced haughtily away, and then she came out, followed by all the pets, and found her way to the servants' quarters.
From Sky Island: being the further exciting adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after their visit to the sea fairies by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
She had always put on the curb when the second mistress's fertile imagination had pranced away on Utopian lines.
From A harum-scarum schoolgirl by John Campbell
When Pat had pranced round him a little in a kind of votive dance, his eyes fell upon our luncheon, and he said in French that he had the hunger of seventy-seven wolves.
From The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
