as in excursions
a short trip for pleasure
just a little weekend sashay we took to get away from it all
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as in struts
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 sashays
Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
The louche festivities provoke dangerous gamesmanship, and scenes with a jazz band and a lively singer (Sophie Oliver) capture the evening’s reckless spirit, as Hedda coaxes couples onto the dance floor and then struts and sashays among and between them.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
He high-steps, air-guitars, and sashays around as a program who abandoned his once-rebellious origins to survive the danger of the Grid.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sashays
Noun
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Campers take excursions to places such as Discovery Cube Orange County, Knott’s Berry Farm, Big Air USA and Raging Waters.—
Jessie Dax-Setkus,
Oc Register,
22 Mar. 2026
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There are also multi-day excursions that allow tourists to get a closer look into the local culture and daily life in the fishing villages.—
Jasmine Ting,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The movie plunks us down at Mar-a-Lago, where Melania struts out the door and into the back of an SUV, which will take her to the red-white-and-blue private plane painted with the word TRUMP that’s waiting for her at the airport.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2026
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At the Barclays, Ellie struts the halls—all eyes are on her and her entourage.—
Marc Williams,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Our travels took us to the heartland of America, Oklahoma City.—
Allen Buchanan,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
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When Chris left for Japan, Ronda felt safe about his travels there, in part because of the country’s high criminal conviction rate, at greater than 99%.—
Amy Lavalley,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In a comedy special released last week, the thirty-nine-year-old comedian prances around the stage in a purple jumpsuit and sparkly red shoes, riffing on millennial-friendly topics such as Lin-Manuel Miranda and Fleet Foxes.—
Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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My Jamaican Table, his first book (Springsteen wrote the foreword), is a mouth-watering mix of traditional classic dishes like oxtail with rice and peas, and curry chicken alongside modern spins on American classics, like his signature jerk smashburger with bacon jam.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2026
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At one point during the show, there's a robot competing in a dance-off against a human audience member, executing impressive spins and flips.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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More nostalgia acts should team up for similar, more bang for your buck tours.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
23 Mar. 2026
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Some of those changes made it into subsequent live tours in the ‘60s, ‘70s and beyond.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
22 Mar. 2026
Verb
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From the moment the house doors open, right up until the show officially begins, Radcliffe stalks the aisles of the theater — chatting with attendees and handing out assignments.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Mar. 2026
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Article continues below Unfortunately, a passing asteroid deposits a killer alien robot in their midst, and the soldiers must fend for themselves as this marauding mech stalks them with guns and lasers blazing.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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But perhaps no rock god ever went full Heathcliff the way Cliff Richard did for this 1996 musical, a stage production (with songs by John Farrar and Tim Rice) that re-creates scenes from the novel while Richard, as Heathcliff, strides through like a lordly narrator-protagonist.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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Out with a potential love interest one evening, in a packed Manhattan comedy club, Tess is startled when Alex strides up to the microphone.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2025
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