shimmied

past tense of shimmy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shimmied
Verb
  • Where a missile had destroyed two multi-storey residential buildings during the night, people clambered over an immense mound of dislocated concrete to pry out victims, footage obtained by Reuters showed.
    Steven Scheer, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
  • That leaves an untold number of fans who may have purchased an indoor antenna, a new receiver or even clambered up onto a roof to hook up an outdoor antenna, with a bunch of wires and a blank TV screen.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
Verb
  • Milwaukee County Transit System officials scrambled behind the scenes to figure out solutions to a looming deficit crisis while keeping top county leadership in the dark, new emails obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reveal.
    Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • When the price of metal caps tripled virtually overnight owing to supply issues, for example, Chun scrambled to find comparable plastic ones.
    Alexandra Kirkman, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Their original band artwork projected as a backdrop — cats at drum sets, birds holding guitars — as the campers bopped their heads and performed their original songs.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Perry bopped through 80 shows in a nearly two-year residency in Las Vegas that ended in 2022.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Sales of non-strategic cards and collectible stickers climbed by $565 million, or 156%, to $925 million in the same period, Circana said.
    Luke Fountain, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
  • In hot spots like Mission Bay, near OpenAI’s headquarters, rents climbed 13% recently.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The most interesting part about this week two lineup is seeing how the songs shuffled around a bit.
    Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The doctor grunted, shuffled off.
    Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With 39 seconds left and the ball on the Chargers’ 41-yard line, the Dolphins’ defensive front swarmed Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert for what looked like a sack.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • On defense, Vanderbilt has swarmed opposing backfields, as five players have at least four tackles for loss.
    Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Lively strutted on the sidewalk wearing a pair of Follies Cabo 120 pumps from Christian Louboutin.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Palvin, 32, strutted the runway several times at the lingerie house's signature event, which returned for the second year in a row, after a hiatus beginning in 2018.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Shimmied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shimmied. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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