Thesaurus results for MOSEYING

moseying

verb

present participle of mosey

as in strolling

US, informal to walk or move in a slow and relaxed way I think I'll mosey on over to the post office and see if the mail has come in yet. He moseyed up to the bar.

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Recent Examples of moseying There were more than a dozen giraffes moseying in the early morning sun, their stature made all the more astounding by their unexpected multitude. — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026 Sara Westfall's 5-year-old daughter was the first to spot Rex moseying down the sidewalk. — Alina Hartounian, NPR, 18 May 2026 Cue that John Williams theme because dinosaurs are moseying across your screens again. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025 Spend a quintessential small-town day moseying through the local shops and boutiques on historic Main Street. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025

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Or the time a person flipped their car over to avoid hitting a raccoon that was casually strolling across a busy downtown intersection (neither the driver nor the raccoon were injured).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Instead, the forward now picks his moments, strolling around the pitch to find space and then exploding into action.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

Definition of strolling

Verb

The 39-year-old continues to defy logic with his otherworldly performances, sauntering around in opposition territory before bursting into life and inflicting maximum damage.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 18 July 2026
The visuals of fighters warming up inside the White House and sauntering down the Truman balcony, many wrapped in the American flag, was an unusual spectacle indeed.

— Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 15 June 2026

Definition of sauntering

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All of my essentials are packed in my Stowaway, which clips into my weekender as a bag organizer, and can clip out to be worn on its own as a crossbody when walking around during the day or as a clutch when going out in the evening.

— Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 16 July 2026
School boards and parents are also concerned about children walking to school in pitch-black conditions during winter mornings.

— Yonat Shimron, NPR, 16 July 2026

Definition of walking

Verb

The animal dragged the bag across the course before wandering off, leaving the golfers with a story that’s sure to be a hole-in-one at the clubhouse.

— Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Following in the wasteland-wandering footsteps of its successful Fallout series, Amazon Prime is tripling down on live-action game adaptations.

— Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

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