as in strutting
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 sashaying
Gazza with a sashaying run in his own half and a ball straight to Lineker’s feet.
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The Athletic Uk Staff,
New York Times,
18 June 2026
Jimmy Kimmel Live star Guillermo Rodriguez will be sashaying his way across the ballroom floor this fall, Disney revealed on Wednesday night.
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Katie Campione,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
After her victory, news cameras captured her sashaying in blue while pumping her arms in jubilation.
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Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
Kim had a major runway moment during Audigier's Fall 2007 show, sashaying in this floral minidress and an on-the-moment arm cuff.
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Emily Kirkpatrick,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
Understand Substorms The aurora isn’t sashaying at full blast all night.
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Stephanie Vermillion,
Outside,
27 Jan. 2026
RuPaul’s Drag Race is sashaying to the big screen with a camp runaway train thriller as the MTV drag queen competition series continues to expand its storytelling universe.
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Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
The Athletic Uk Staff,
New York Times,
18 June 2026
Jimmy Kimmel Live star Guillermo Rodriguez will be sashaying his way across the ballroom floor this fall, Disney revealed on Wednesday night.
—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
After her victory, news cameras captured her sashaying in blue while pumping her arms in jubilation.
—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
Kim had a major runway moment during Audigier's Fall 2007 show, sashaying in this floral minidress and an on-the-moment arm cuff.
—
Emily Kirkpatrick,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
Understand Substorms The aurora isn’t sashaying at full blast all night.
—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Outside,
27 Jan. 2026
RuPaul’s Drag Race is sashaying to the big screen with a camp runaway train thriller as the MTV drag queen competition series continues to expand its storytelling universe.
—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sashaying
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The crowd claps and cheers, screaming wildly when Buteau drops it rather politely before strutting with Peppermint to their seats on stage.
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This year is yet another for the World Cup; Yu Masui and Takeji Hirakawa are still strutting their stuff, and Phil Oh, along with Acielle Tanbetova, will be documenting all the off-the-runway action.
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This prancing herd of wild mustangs can be spotted from the river, on a kayak or inner tube.
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The music video shows Rodrigo prancing around the actual Palace of Versailles, in a controversial babydoll dress singing about a boy looking like an angel on its walls.
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Determined to be seen as extraordinary, Elizabeth begins copying, stalking and impersonating Laura to try and win a Harvard spot for herself.
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It has been corrected to note that one of the charges was for stalking—repeatedly follow.
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Before Kaia Gerber and Olivia Rodrigo became inseparable from their Repetto ballet pumps, Gainsbourg was striding around in the brand’s lace-up Zizi style–now the shoe of choice for art school girls (and a certain Marc Jacobs).
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At the French Open Tuesday, the four-time Grand Slam champion staged an outfit reveal once again, striding out for her first-round match against Germany’s Laura Siegemund wearing a black corset and matching pleated, cascading skirt that skimmed over the clay.
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“Sashaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sashaying. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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