sashayed

past tense of sashay
as in strutted
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements the svelte young models sashayed down the catwalk with practiced insouciance

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Recent Examples of sashayed At last Sun Ra sashayed onstage. — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026 Dancing With the Stars pro Gleb Savchenko and troupe member Marcquet Hill sashayed their way onto Tuesday's episode of the long-running CBS soap as a couple of hip-thrusting bachelorette party dancers. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Feb. 2026 Four roaches sashayed across the floor under the three-compartment sink. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026 In November, Western wear sashayed onto the stage at Denver Fashion Week for the second year as one of the production’s theme nights, drawing an audience of several hundred people. — Suzanne S. Brown, Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2026 The latter's exceptionally epic run during season 5 displayed the kind of reckless flair and horniness not seen on television since Samantha Jones—another PR maven from the mind of Darren Star—sashayed out of our lives with the final Sex and the City film in 2010. — Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2026 Orange feather boas sashayed away to the best seats. — Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025 Shades of Paula Abdul colored the song as Doja sashayed across the stage with her feathery vocals. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025 In addition to the plunging neckline, the dress featured an exaggerated bow with floor-length ribbons that sashayed down the front. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sashayed
Verb
  • The song ended with Gigi Hadid emerging on stage and having a sweet moment with McRae, who strutted side-by-side with the veteran VS Angel for a few beats before falling back and finishing out the track.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Number 87 strutted into Arrowhead Stadium after the NFL bye week wearing a cable knit, wool-blend letterman cardigan ($249) from the line.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The group then stalked the man and his parents for two days, officials said.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The Swedish native’s two-and-a-half-minute film starred his wife, Lotta Losten, as a woman stalked by a mysterious figure when the lights go out.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • As Darrell Royal, the old football coach at Texas once said … one of his players pranced into the end zone and started beating on his own chest.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
  • Then Surge zipped through a tunnel and pranced around the ring.
    — Ross Mantle, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Verb
  • But then James Bond strode into the pages of popular culture, dapper and deft.
    — Scott Simon, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
  • As the book shows, into that incredibly fertile downtown atmosphere strode an artist determined to become himself.
    — Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

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“Sashayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sashayed. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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