road-tripping

present participle of road-trip

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for road-tripping
Verb
  • While most humans are brushing their teeth and heading to bed, hundreds of millions of birds are taking to the sky – migrating south for the winter, using the moon and the stars to navigate on a journey that will take them thousands of miles.
    Hannah Chinn, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Early settlers cared for the seedlings until Chapman returned and sold the inexpensive young trees to people migrating westward.
    Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Deliberate mind wandering, where people give themselves the freedom to drift off-subject, allowing their thoughts to take a different course.
    Liz Regalia, Parents, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Rich Hill's wandering journey through the Major League Baseball landscape is truly unique.
    Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Meet Cash, an energetic dog with a deep love of toys and gallivanting around in water, his profile says.
    TJ Macias, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Returning principal cast Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt were all spot gallivanting around famed city haunts, including the Met, which transformed its exterior to host a Gala-esque fete appearing in the sequel.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • That means exercises centered on jumping, leaping, bounding, and hopping all fit the bill.
    Jenny McCoy, SELF, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Two days after surgery, Pippa came hopping out of the vet’s office and was finally able to return home.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While some dogs were found roaming around the house, others were in cages.
    Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
  • From the Mercury and Gemini missions to the drama of Apollo 13, the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, and the robotic explorers roaming Mars, NASA's history is packed with daring feats and scientific firsts.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Prince Andrew denies Virginia Giuffre relationship In 2011, Andrew quit his role as Britain's roving trade ambassador, partly because of his friendship with Epstein.
    Michael Holden, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Both are situated in a stunning al fresco dining hall that hosts roving performers like contortionists and acrobats throughout dinner service.
    Sara Liss, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Speaking with Entertainment Weekly for a Witcher season 4 cover story, showrunner Lauren Hissrich exclusively confirms that Minnie Driver will not return as the shape-shifting, time-traveling, parallel world-traipsing Seanchaí.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
  • One of the first celebrities to be regularly photographed in her everyday clothes, Birkin was an early icon of street style, traipsing around Paris in sneakers and rumpled sweaters, wicker basket in hand.
    Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has opened up about the band’s extended break from touring, revealing that personal loss and emotional burnout contributed to the group’s seven-year absence from the stage.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2025
  • When Bruce began touring and selling out arenas, Adele became famous for dancing with her son on stage—including at 90 years old, during a show in 2016.
    Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Road-tripping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/road-tripping. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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