struts 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of strut

struts

2 of 2

noun

plural of strut

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of struts
Verb
Tracee Ellis Ross struts her stuff on the way out of Watch What Happens Live in New York City on July 23. — People Staff, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026 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 At the Barclays, Ellie struts the halls—all eyes are on her and her entourage. — Marc Williams, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025 The only actor who looks at home here is Chloë Sevigny as Kim, the resident Yale Philosophy Department psychotherapist, who struts through the movie in a series of baggy suits and a curly bowl haircut that wouldn’t be out of place on the Beverly Hillbillies’ Miss Jane Hathaway. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025 But the Maginot instead crashes in a part of southeast Asia that’s the dominion of Prodigy, a corporation founded by Boy Kavalier (Samuel Blenkin), an overgrown child obsessed with Peter Pan, who struts around his research facility barefoot in pajamas. — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for struts
Verb
  • Hell stalks the delegates of Lethe House in the conclusion to the Ninth House trilogy.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • She’s loved by her family of humans (the Osteens) and other farm animals (including Elsie the cow; goats Honey, Dolly, Roger, Polly and Dodger; and Tom, the king of the turkeys who stalks around his enclosure like a pharaoh).
    — Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Google now displays how many reviews a business has had removed, so quiet cleanup leaves a signature, too.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • For a scenario that never leaves its single location, the film still displays a fair amount of visual flair.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Between skates, wheels and bearings, along with travel expenses like flights and lodging, fundraising is a major part of the sport.
    — Kennedy Cook, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Seattle also committed 10 penalties, including a handful of miscues at inopportune times for an offense that is still getting its bearings under first-year offensive coordinator Brian Fleury.
    — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Taita prances along rock walls and rolls in the dirt, meowing with his tail held high.
    — Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • In the music video for the song, Stiteler prances around several iconic locations in Puerto Rico and takes viewers on a visual journey across the Island.
    — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Although most planets spin with their rotational axes generally upright with respect to their orbital plane, Uranus exhibits an extreme axial tilt, causing its spin to resemble something more akin to a steady roll.
    — Micah Hanks, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Head up to the fourth-floor gallery space to see an extensive collection by Norman Rockwell and exhibits that showcase comics and children’s stories — just to name a few.
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The result in the trenches will reveal a lot about where TCU’s pass rush stands.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Their stands fell mostly quiet in the final minutes, a stark contrast to the celebration unfolding across the field.
    — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
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
Verb
  • The show then flashes forward to the other women emotionally processing the news of his overdose and coming together at Angie’s to console one another and share memories of Robert.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Walker flashes rare ability for a player his size and within Leonhard’s scheme.
    — Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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“Struts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/struts. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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