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
As the undulant hills beyond the valley turned blue in front of me, a cat sauntered onto the veranda and wound its tail around my ankles.
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Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
During the song's second verse, Hayley Williams of Paramore sauntered out, taking over on the vocals on the funky song.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Sep. 2025
In the third quarter, Fields pushed through the goal line on a 2-yard run, and sauntered into the end zone untouched on a fourth-and-goal bootleg call in the fourth quarter that worked beautifully.
—Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
In keeping with the sibling revelry on display all night, at one point Shultz sauntered over to older brother guitarist Brad Shultz and gave him a sweet brotherly shove after a bit of teasing.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
During the song's second verse, Hayley Williams of Paramore sauntered out, taking over on the vocals on the funky song.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Sep. 2025
In the third quarter, Fields pushed through the goal line on a 2-yard run, and sauntered into the end zone untouched on a fourth-and-goal bootleg call in the fourth quarter that worked beautifully.
—Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
In keeping with the sibling revelry on display all night, at one point Shultz sauntered over to older brother guitarist Brad Shultz and gave him a sweet brotherly shove after a bit of teasing.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sauntered
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On a recent Friday night, families strolled through an outdoor carnival, eating ice cream, while children rode amusement rides.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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In OpenAI’s demo, Atlas just strolled into an online grocery store and added every ingredient from a recipe straight into the cart.—
The AI Insider,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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As anyone who has recently wandered the water’s edge knows, the area where Kansas City was born close to 200 years ago is booming with development.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Oct. 2025
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Authorities believe the two wandered from their home.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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The pickoff saved the Los Angeles Dodgers a run, as starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow walked Varsho and then gave up a single to Alejandro Kirk, but got the following two batters out to escape the jam.—
Valentina Martinez,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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And the polar bear simply walked by the campsite and then left.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Sauntered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sauntered. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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