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

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

She is stepping, she is prancing, she is getting her kicks.

From Time Magazine Archive

My little cousin is prancing around the room with her nose pointed high.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Why old Pigey is prancing around like a steed at a muster,—crazy! absolutely crazy!

From Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac by Armstrong, William H.