moseyed

past tense of mosey

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of moseyed Many of the students moseyed over to Torero Stadium to take in USD’s 2025 football season opener against Cal Poly. Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025 Kevin Costner's John Dutton may have moseyed on into the sunset. EW.com, 17 Aug. 2025 The multicolored under glow on Motley’s Hellcat twinkled while attendees moseyed around the car, pointing fingers and asking questions. Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 18 July 2025 Collin moseyed back to the ranch house and waited. Jon Billman, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moseyed
Verb
  • Less than two hours before the Raptors were scheduled to begin their home season with a game against the Milwaukee Bucks, head coach Darko Rajaković strolled into a small room adjacent to the team’s locker room, as usual.
    Eric Koreen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • On Thursday, April 3, Carey and Monroe strolled into the room while Moroccan was live on the streaming platform Twitch for about 10 minutes playing video games with friends.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As the undulant hills beyond the valley turned blue in front of me, a cat sauntered onto the veranda and wound its tail around my ankles.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • During the song's second verse, Hayley Williams of Paramore sauntered out, taking over on the vocals on the funky song.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wil Lutz jogged onto the field and the Broncos walked off with the most improbable win.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • After Owens' kids went home and told her what happened, Owens walked to Lorincz's house.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • My thoughts wandered from one subject to another without continuity.
    Bill Shaber, Outdoor Life, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The unidentified body, which is believed to be a female, was found by a rancher searching for livestock that had wandered off, officials told WFAA.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Noone, recognizing him as White, strode over.
    Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • And lo, here strode Escanor, god of sunlight and pride.
    New York Times, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Moseyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moseyed. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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