sashaying

verb

present participle of sashay
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 Gabby Windey started her reality television tenure on The Bachelor, then The Bachelorette, before sashaying onto Dancing With the Stars and finally doing a stint in Scotland on The Traitors. — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026 Gazza with a sashaying run in his own half and a ball straight to Lineker’s feet. — 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sashaying
  1. strutting
  2. prancing
  3. stalking
  4. striding
Verb
  • In the new update, Jordan is playing Tubbs while Butler is playing Crockett, the two swagger-strutting detectives.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Several photos and videos of her strutting down the runway at PrettyLittleThing’s Miami Swim Week event went viral in early June 2026, sparking conversation about her transformation.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of strutting
Verb
  • Iggy Pop, still prancing, howling and whooping with his chest exposed and jeans sliding down his waist, claims the title of the festival’s leading elder statesman.
    — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
  • On August 25, the 53-year-old model shared a video on Instagram of herself prancing around a hotel room in a lilac thong bikini and open-toe gold stilettos.
    — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of prancing
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  • This week, Netflix features the latest installment in a legendary anime series, a Spanish-language thriller stuffed with social commentary, and a Canadian horror about a mysterious beast stalking an isolated fishing village.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
  • In a superseding indictment filed in 2025, Michael Jarrett Jarrett and Davindra Ramanan were charged with stalking and other charges stemming from the July incident.
    — Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of stalking
Verb
  • Rossi is deeply inspired by Umberto Boccioni’s Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, the Futurist sculpture of a figure striding forward, its body fragmented into aerodynamic forms that suggest speed and movement.
    — Alison S. Cohn, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The monumental Lady in Blue depicts a young Black woman striding forward with purpose in a blue dress and heels, her gaze directed ahead of her.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of striding

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“Sashaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sashaying. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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