Examples of goose-step in a Sentence
the new president has everyone goose-stepping to her every whim lest they provoke her wrath
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In response, Herrera suggested the goose-stepping video was a joke.
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Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 8 Mar. 2026
Columns of soldiers were seen goose-stepping under floodlights with fighter jets roaring overhead.
—Will Ripley, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
As its goose-stepping military honor guards marched past and troops in combat uniforms and gear raced to their vehicles, jets and helicopters screeched past overhead.
—Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2025
Variety, The Wrap, the Hollywood Reporter, the Los Angeles Times, and others goose-step to the Daily Worker, Izvestia, or Pravda.
—Armond White, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
On some milestone birthdays, North Korea’s military holds huge parades with goose-stepping soldiers and powerful weapons capable of targeting the U.S. and South Korea.
—Jiwon Song, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2024
There are teenage call girls, pregnant adulterers, online strippers, goose-stepping racists, topless caterers, feuding relatives and men who cut off their manhood.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
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Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 8 Mar. 2026
Columns of soldiers were seen goose-stepping under floodlights with fighter jets roaring overhead.
—Will Ripley, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
As its goose-stepping military honor guards marched past and troops in combat uniforms and gear raced to their vehicles, jets and helicopters screeched past overhead.
—Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2025
Variety, The Wrap, the Hollywood Reporter, the Los Angeles Times, and others goose-step to the Daily Worker, Izvestia, or Pravda.
—Armond White, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
On some milestone birthdays, North Korea’s military holds huge parades with goose-stepping soldiers and powerful weapons capable of targeting the U.S. and South Korea.
—Jiwon Song, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2024
There are teenage call girls, pregnant adulterers, online strippers, goose-stepping racists, topless caterers, feuding relatives and men who cut off their manhood.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
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“Goose-step.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goose-step. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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