goose-stepping

present participle of goose-step

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for goose-stepping
Verb
  • The sound of her stomping up the staircase causes her parents to share a look of weary consternation.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But only the faithful know everything about the Mushroom Kingdom’s shell-stomping messiah.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ohio State’s win against Texas is still fine, but the Longhorns have looked disappointing, too, after trudging through a 27-10 win against UTEP.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In the engaging trailer that continues the sinister tale of Vault-Tec, The Ghoul arrives in New Vegas alongside Lucy MacLean (Ella Purnell) and Dogmeat, trudging into the outskirts of New Vegas.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Warning signs a skunk is ready to spray include jumping, stamping their front feet, arching their back, clicking teeth, and hissing.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Aniyah wrote, stamping it with several heart emojis.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Eaton jumped out to a 7-0 advantage, taking the opening kickoff and marching 51 yards in 10 plays, capped by a 1-yard TD run by Chris Duharte.
    Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Once set, five-year plans act as marching orders for officials across the sprawling apparatus of the government and a guide for businesses, universities and other organizations on how to align their own strategies with the party’s.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But alternative reports from organizations like the Chicago Fed have shown an economy that’s plodding along.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
  • And although the modern age of gaming is mostly dominated by a Soulslike ethos of action that prioritizes methodical dodging and plodding, there are many fans who yearn for a return to the heyday of 2000s-era slash ‘em ups.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For now, economic heavyweights California and New York are treading water but could easily tip the scales.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There’s always comeuppance and tragedy when treading on the gods’s domain (see Frankenstein’s ending).
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Removing some of the deeper-developing routes also limits Justin Jefferson’s best strength, his long-striding deception.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Daedone, using the hashtags #ErosOnTrial, #EroticJustice, #liberation, and #womenspower, frequently posted on Instagram, showing pictures and slow-motion videos of herself and Cherwitz, often flanked by female OneTaste supporters, striding into the courthouse.
    Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In a press conference, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was asked about Vesia stepping away amid the World Series.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Young was playing some of the best football of his NFL career when a sack from a Jets defender — one that ended with defensive lineman Jowon Briggs stepping on Young’s calf, which prompted Young’s right-ankle tweak — took him out of the game.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Goose-stepping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose-stepping. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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