goose-steps

present tense third-person singular of goose-step

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for goose-steps
Verb
  • Lina sniffs, stamps her feet in the snow to make her own set of giant prints to frighten this creature.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
  • In the middle of 25th St, a man opens a red stanchion and ushers us toward a guard who stamps invisible ink on our wrists.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Mussolini stomps and swirls around, the camera keeping him and his increasingly frenzied supporters in sight.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The guy just f****** stomps right on my face.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Sennott never steps outside the frame to ask what kind of person flocks to the influencer sphere and why, or whether any meaning can be found in such apparently soulless work.
    Judy Berman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Donovan proposed at Rosewood Miramar Beach in California just steps away from the ocean.
    Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As the decade trudges on, Brian becomes more serious about his work, never losing his soft spot for Margaret but otherwise gaining a sterling reputation as a hard-hitting interview.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • During interviews for an in-depth Fortune story on KDP published in June, Cofer detailed his strategy for expanding margins and achieving high growth in soft drinks, a field that overall just trudges forward.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The details of the cases were not proactively made public beyond being made available for review for anyone who files a request under the state's public records law.
    Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Musk withdraws the California suit in June, then files a federal suit in August.
    Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The album treads through womanhood, partnership, aging and dying, exposing the murky in the mundane.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Merhige treads a very fine line between crafting his own vampire story while also delivering a devious industry send-up, as well as a striking homage to Nosferatu.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Goose-steps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose-steps. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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