as in strolled
to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure
he lazily saunters about the French countryside, mostly photographing birds and flowers
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Recent Examples of sauntered
Leaving the Heavener Football Center on Wednesday, Baugh sauntered several hundred yards to his car without a phone in his hands — a rare sight among his fellow students on the UF campus.
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Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
Murphy snapped the shot just as the seraphic straggler picked his head up to get a sense of his bearings, then later sauntered back to rejoin his comrades.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
So there sauntered Judge, one of the most stoic sluggers in a sport full of them.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, Sara sauntered across campus in a swarm of girls, who delighted in practicing their English skills on her.
—Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
Ponds read Moore’s eyes the whole way and when Moore threw the ball to the left side, Ponds jumped the route and sauntered 25 yards into the end zone.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
Alex Consani sauntered down the runway in a pair of ruffled red lace trousers, her bottom pushed over the top of the leather waistband like a pair of breasts in a pushup bra.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2026
Paddington sauntered onstage and blinked.
—Anna Russell, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Eng cheerfully sauntered into the exam room but abruptly stopped in her black heels.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Nov. 2025
Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
Murphy snapped the shot just as the seraphic straggler picked his head up to get a sense of his bearings, then later sauntered back to rejoin his comrades.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
So there sauntered Judge, one of the most stoic sluggers in a sport full of them.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, Sara sauntered across campus in a swarm of girls, who delighted in practicing their English skills on her.
—Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
Ponds read Moore’s eyes the whole way and when Moore threw the ball to the left side, Ponds jumped the route and sauntered 25 yards into the end zone.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
Alex Consani sauntered down the runway in a pair of ruffled red lace trousers, her bottom pushed over the top of the leather waistband like a pair of breasts in a pushup bra.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2026
Paddington sauntered onstage and blinked.
—Anna Russell, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Eng cheerfully sauntered into the exam room but abruptly stopped in her black heels.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sauntered
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Nearly half a million people strolled through the grounds last year, nearly double the number in 2015.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
14 Apr. 2026
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Once product characters strolled into the park in 1974, the floodgates opened.—
John Haddad,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
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As party members slowly trickled into the building Saturday morning, campaign volunteers wandered, handing out bags with posters for Marx or walking in slow arcs with signs for fellow chief executive hopeful Robert Moore.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2026
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At Elmhurst, a resident in a Tufts University School of Medicine zip-up wandered out to see what was going on.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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That happened to be Duran, who took third on a wild pitch and scored after Marcelo Mayer walked and Yoshida came through with the game-winning single.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
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The right-hander struck out four and walked two.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Apr. 2026
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“Sauntered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sauntered. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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