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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moseyed
Verb
  • Suki Waterhouse, too, strolled around in the P-6000’s all-white style with jeans and a button-up, and Kylie Jenner chose the shoe in a pure white colorway to round out her gym attire.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • New Bayern Munich signing Luis Díaz strolled down the left flank before cutting inside and poking a cross along the six-yard line.
    Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the third quarter, Fields pushed through the goal line on a 2-yard run, and sauntered into the end zone untouched on a fourth-and-goal bootleg call in the fourth quarter that worked beautifully.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In keeping with the sibling revelry on display all night, at one point Shultz sauntered over to older brother guitarist Brad Shultz and gave him a sweet brotherly shove after a bit of teasing.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Travis Kelce walked on the field toward the Kansas City Chiefs’ sideline, just a few steps away from the tunnel that would take him to the postgame locker room.
    Jesse Newell, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In the summer of 1969 — weeks before the first humans walked on the moon — Manabe and Bryan recreated the Earth.
    Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In Jacksonville, Florida, a 5-year-old wandered away from home in the early morning hours.
    Ronnie Li, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Despite its common name, this creature wasn’t simply a lion that wandered into the Americas.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Then, a black horse strode between the trees, beelining for Stires.
    Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The child was nowhere to be seen on Wednesday as her father strode down the red carpet at Tiananmen Square ahead of Xi’s military parade.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Moseyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moseyed. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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