prance
verb (used without object)
to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
is prancing
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present progressiveof prance (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Now, he is prancing onstage again, and the band’s three-month tour is off to a rollicking start.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2019
She is stepping, she is prancing, she is getting her kicks.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is prancing over the divan, shouting to Cecilia to stop crying mascara over the cushions, when Joe and Nellie come dashing to her rescue.
From Time Magazine Archive
My little cousin is prancing around the room with her nose pointed high.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
But all through this scene Sosia is prancing around, prating nonsense, and playing the buffoon, so that perchance even here the nobility becomes but a foil for the revelry.
From The Dramatic Values in Plautus by Wilton Wallace Blancké
