Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shimmying
Verb
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The piece is a collection of disused shoemaker boxes, once used by cobblers to keep tools, pressed against each other and stacked up, clambering toward the ceiling.—
Edna Bonhomme,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025 -
By the end of the night, so many fans had crowd-surfed from the pit to the stage, clambering onto the platform, that the band members were barely visible.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Still bopping to the top, 20 years later!—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
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Across the floor were Hobert’s doting parents — a couple of youthful and energetic Gen-Xers bopping along in general admission rather than VIP.—
Carrie Battan,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Even when the locals lost faith, Villa remained focused, forever shuffling side to side and defending with the same urgency.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Go on a street food tour Street food tours are great things to do in Sicily and a fabulous alternative to hours of shuffling through museums.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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The vehicles are flexible, modular and feature advanced software for in-flight collaboration and re-targeting, and support swarming capability of autonomous aircraft.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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The biggest news organization in Minnesota is trying to serve as the sober counterweight to hysterical social media posts, swarming videos, political conflict, and public statements that contradict observable facts.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
25 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The company is grappling with keeping the retail price stable while battling rising memory and component prices, which has manufacturers scrambling to adjust their pricing strategies.—
Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The Administration is scrambling to contain the fallout from Minneapolis, where Pretti’s death was the second high-profile killing by federal agents in just over two weeks, and comes amid other confrontations that have drawn outrage.—
Philip Wang,
Time,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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This left the ruling Labour Party scrabbling.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
26 Nov. 2025
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He’s blessed with a tense, scrabbling physicality on screen, plus a baby-Brando glower beneath a head of striking blond curls, and Nemes directs him into a stance of braced, vulnerable defensiveness that serves the film’s purposes well — even if his character, too, wants for interior light.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Notably, as Eric and Carol were chatting to Sara, BBC Studios was re-jigging its APAC division in order to bring Australia and Asia under one roof.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
14 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Honnold gained world-wide fame after ascending Yosemite National Park’s 3,000-foot El Capitan without safety equipment or rope in 2017.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
26 Jan. 2026
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The documentary, which won a BAFTA and an Academy Award, thrust both its subject and the sport of free solo climbing—the act of ascending a cliff or mountain alone, without any ropes, harnesses or safety gear—into the spotlight.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Shimmying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shimmying. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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