prance
verb (used without object)
to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
were prancing
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past progressiveof prance.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Jim Fletcher, kitted out like a mad scientist on a retro electronics kick, shadows the president as though he were prancing around in his twisted dreams, sometimes in the guise of an unusually tall rodent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024
If you looked closely at her back-up dancers, whose costumes paid tribute to "Little Women," "Midsommar," "Dolemite Is My Name" and … yes, those were prancing Nazis, in an ode to "JoJo Rabbit."
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2020
Spectators first wiggled their fingers in front of the holes, ere long were prancing about frenetically in an attempt to activate as many different ones as possible at the same time.
From Time Magazine Archive
Methinks there are sounds as if the whole canine establishment at Mrs. Hornblower’s were prancing up to meet us.”
From The Three Brides by Charlotte Mary Yonge
They were prancing about in an ecstatic way round the box, which had one end open, beating their drums and shouting.
From Travels in West Africa by Mary H. Kingsley
