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verb

as in to sneak
to move about in a sly or secret manner a cat mousing along in the shadows of the garden

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of mouse
Noun
Enhanced with a gyroscope and a new mouse mechanic, players can simulate movement with precision, akin to rolling a ball across the floor. Eammonn Dignam, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025 The first step: Show a mouse video snippets of sci-fi movies, sports, animation and nature. CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
Cooking Salmon With Avocado and Cilantro Salad Jan. 14, 2025 If those don’t appeal, mouse your way over to New York Times Cooking and make your own list. Sam Sifton, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025 The click-through rate, industry-wide, is less than 1 percent—and chalk some of that up to mouse error and click fraud. IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2011 See All Example Sentences for mouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mouse
Noun
  • There is no way a coward like Musk is in a position to accuse Sen. Kelly of being a traitor.
    DP Opinion, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2025
  • This is a cop novel that fully satisfies its genre expectations — chases, gun battles, sinister bad guys, questionable cops, cowards and heroes.
    Claude Peck, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • It was filled with flowers, candles, branches and crystal icicles to create a winter wonderland.
    Emy LaCroix, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Another high point was snowshoeing in a forested canyon where a waterfall was all icicles.
    Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The track reenters the Official Singles Sales chart at No. 2 — a brand new high — and also sneaks back onto the main Official Singles list, landing at No. 44.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Brentford are sneaking up on the rails, a further two points adrift of Hurzeler’s side.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The iceberg, named A-84, broke away from the George VI Ice Shelf, one of the massive floating glaciers attached to the Antarctic Peninsula.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
  • But four days later, about 400 miles off the coast of Canada, the ship struck an iceberg, broke in half and sank.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In the rocky and sandy terrain of the Arabian peninsula, a dangerous creature lurks just below the surface in a burrow.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Yet, amid the convenience—and yes, sometimes amusement—lurks a growing concern.
    Fabio Caversan, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • At the film’s Cipriani afterparty, the New York Times’ Kyle Buchanan compared the Babygirl effect to what Challengers did for Josh O’Connor, who’d previously played nice guys and nebbishes.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024
  • Is the algorithm going to make the out-of-shape nebbish standup an endangered species?
    Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
Verb
  • The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Renner was crushed under a 14,000-pound snowplow after trying to prevent the machine from sliding toward his nephew.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Of the two sisters in the yellow house, Paula is a much gentler girl, a wuss, a baby, the biggest chicken—that’s how her sister thinks of her—and Rhonda is the boss.
    Alex Mar, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Teach, who carries a gun, is a wuss about the rain.
    New York Times, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2022

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“Mouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouse. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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