Used in a Sentence

flouncing

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for flouncing.

Editorial note

You're suggesting that Naughty Old Mr Car flouncing out of Sweden in a huff would double Europe's unemployment?

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Quick take

A flounce (strip of decorative material).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of flouncing gathered in one view.

noun

A flounce (strip of decorative material).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for flouncing.

noun

A flounce (strip of decorative material).

Example sentences

1

You're suggesting that Naughty Old Mr Car flouncing out of Sweden in a huff would double Europe's unemployment?

2

It's not as if you are flouncing out after 5 minutes on the job: you've done a decent stint.

3

The threshold for flouncing due to bad user interface is a lot higher than for Youtube.

4

Like, it's hardly comparable to a company where the _current CEO_ is flouncing about doing Nazi salutes and tweeting Hitler apologia.

5

You came in hot with a wrong assumption couched in absolute terms… and, after correction, you’re flouncing out with the same irrelevent message.

6

It would be less like relatiation, more like flouncing off in a huff.

7

Meanwhile the _current CEO_ of Tesla is flouncing around doing Nazi salutes.

8

When building an MVP stop flouncing around with your professional software development.

9

I don't think flouncing deserves much civility, particularly as a response to a pronouncement that this place isn't worth someone's time.

10

Yep, there it is… forget all the half measures and flouncing about, go straight for the total surveillance of all people all the time in all situations.

11

If flouncing on the elliptical for half an hour and doing 3 reps of 10 to success isn't doing anything, you might want to consider changing it up.

12

There's a distinct difference between being offended by something and 'flouncing' away, versus demanded that people be prevented from doing things which offend you in the first place.

Quote examples

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There's a lot of flouncing resignations and "we need to talk" style essays also revealing little of substance.

2

> There's a lot of flouncing resignations and "we need to talk" style essays also revealing little of substance.

3

Why are these scantily clad, nubile females flouncing around?" Because the UK culture doesn't have cheerleading (in this sense) they have no other context for it, and so it's interpreted - probably purely subconsciously - as having sexual overtones.

4

The “they’re just jelly that we can do better than they with AI” camp really needs to spend more time hanging around artisans in general, instead of flouncing into comment sections and evangelizing the AI-booster groupthink.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use flouncing in a sentence?

You're suggesting that Naughty Old Mr Car flouncing out of Sweden in a huff would double Europe's unemployment?

What does flouncing mean?

A flounce (strip of decorative material).

What part of speech is flouncing?

flouncing is commonly used as noun.