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
Understand Substorms The aurora isn’t sashaying at full blast all night.
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Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 27 Jan. 2026
RuPaul Charles is sashaying to the big screen with the first feature film from the RuPaul’s Drag Race universe.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
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
Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 27 Jan. 2026
RuPaul Charles is sashaying to the big screen with the first feature film from the RuPaul’s Drag Race universe.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
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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In the Wednesday, April 8, video, El Moussa and Haack are seen strutting side by side while holding a glass of Haack's champagne, Clé Cachée, during their recent Easter getaway with their blended family.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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For the event, Jenner went all in on the color scheme, strutting past fellow high-fashion celebrities in a lengthy lavender wig that cascaded past her waist, revealing an icy, ombré finish.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Aztecs won 89-86 before an electric home crowd on a night that had 12 ties and 11 lead changes and seemed like five against six sometimes with the way UNLV coach Josh Pastner was prancing around the floor in a suit and tie while the ball was in play.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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In the album’s most beautiful moments, Triplin makes arpeggios sound like prancing through an earthly paradise and sands off juke’s rough edges to produce rhythms that seem to chug along in the margins of a daydreaming brain.—
Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
5 Mar. 2026
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The woman charged with stalking and assaulting Fleetwood Mac’s former guitarist Lindsey Buckingham has been arrested in Indiana, online jail records confirm.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
13 Apr. 2026
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Canvasser allegedly targeted the roommate with a weekslong campaign of harassing text messages written to suggest the roommate was being watched by a stalking stranger who could see into his suite and even the bathroom.—
Sasha Pezenik,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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There would be no negative this day for the 6-foot-2, smooth-striding Bowman.—
Steve Brand,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Nude, striding statues of young men called kouroi were used both as offerings to the gods and as grave markers.—
Anna Swartwood House,
The Conversation,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Sashaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sashaying. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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