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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
prance .
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Examples
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Kaylana's stag pranced with anxiety, and she had to lean along its neck in an attempt to calm it.
Villains by Necessity Forward, Eve 1995
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There had been that moment of shock when Mally threw her up onto the creature's back, the look on Tony and Tom's faces as the stag pranced in front of them, and then it was off and running and the shoclc gave way to wonder.
Greenmantle De Lint, Charles, 1951- 1985
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He snapped his fingers as the dog pranced by; it glanced at him, sniffed at a bush.
Yalta Pas de Deux Andrew Stancek 2011
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He picked up his heavy racked head and pranced out of the thicket.
New Weekly Contest: Best Hunting Story Wins a Leatherman 2009
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He pulled out all the stops for the post-Super Bowl return of "Glee" from its two-month hiatus, including an opening number in which guys did tricks on bikes while the blue-wigged Cheerios pranced around in cone bikini tops tricked out with sparklers.
'Glee' post-Super Bowl episode: We watch so you don't have to Lisa de Moraes 2011
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Letter: The girls turned and pranced off towards the apartments.
John Shore: Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire John Shore 2012
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He picked up his heavy racked head and pranced out of the thicket.
New Weekly Contest: Best Hunting Story Wins a Leatherman 2009
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The Robin Hood legend has been a staple of Hollywood cinema since Douglas Fairbanks slapped on a pair of tights and pranced around a backlot Sherwood Forest in 1922.
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A teacher pranced before the class in a red cloak, but it was her big-mouthed gator pursuer that …
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I was the first person in the car line, and I waved to Ellie when she pranced down the stairs.
The Bird House Kelly Simmons 2011
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