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as in stalked
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements
the cat strutted proudly onto the porch with a bird in its mouth
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as in displayed
to present so as to invite notice or attention
strutting his blue ribbon for all to see
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Recent Examples of strutted
On March 25, the heels returned alongside a two-piece lace midi dress from Ermanno Scervion's pre-fall 2026 collection, as well as a cream overcoat, while Zendaya strutted through Paris.
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Staff Author, InStyle, 4 Apr. 2026
Following the release last Friday of ARIRANG, the lads strutted their stuff the next day with a live show at Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square, livestreamed globally on Netflix as BTS The Comeback Live | Arirang.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2026
The first lady, wearing a white pantsuit and matching heels, strutted alongside the humanoid named Figure3 before hosting a roundtable discussion on the second day of the inaugural Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit on March 25.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
The Yankees’ starters strutted out between two yellow cabs.
—Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
After the ball plunged through the net, Brunson let out a roar, strutted across the baseline, and headbutted the padded backstop beneath the hoop.
—Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026
The model strutted out of the NBC studios in the shoes, which balance on top of a tall stiletto heel measuring around four inches.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
Perhaps the Post Oak strutted so others could sprint.
—Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2026
When Lady Gaga strutted onto the Super Bowl halftime stage alongside Bad Bunny in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday, a New York City designer and his friends were back home cheering at the television.
—Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
Staff Author, InStyle, 4 Apr. 2026
Following the release last Friday of ARIRANG, the lads strutted their stuff the next day with a live show at Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square, livestreamed globally on Netflix as BTS The Comeback Live | Arirang.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2026
The first lady, wearing a white pantsuit and matching heels, strutted alongside the humanoid named Figure3 before hosting a roundtable discussion on the second day of the inaugural Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit on March 25.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
The Yankees’ starters strutted out between two yellow cabs.
—Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
After the ball plunged through the net, Brunson let out a roar, strutted across the baseline, and headbutted the padded backstop beneath the hoop.
—Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026
The model strutted out of the NBC studios in the shoes, which balance on top of a tall stiletto heel measuring around four inches.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
Perhaps the Post Oak strutted so others could sprint.
—Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2026
When Lady Gaga strutted onto the Super Bowl halftime stage alongside Bad Bunny in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday, a New York City designer and his friends were back home cheering at the television.
—Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strutted
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Two days earlier, the 30-year-old had posted a video of McCann, 45, proposing to her as a lion stalked forward in the foreground.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
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As the title suggests, the screenplay also incorporates Middle English to transport the audience to a foggy village stalked by the titular beast.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
15 Apr. 2026
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The cameras in the operations centers mostly have high-definition signals displayed on the big monitors, but the size of the files for those signals is enormous and a big burden if CDOT kept the visuals.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The lawsuit alleged that between March and July of 2019, certain Trader Joe's locations printed receipts that displayed sensitive financial information, including more digits of customers' credit or debit card numbers than allowed by law.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Troy — who is a Pony of the Americas, according to his owners, the Beaulieu family — pranced around his yard upon exiting the hospital trailer, receiving pets and apples.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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And the preacher pranced around the stage.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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Also in the show is Women of Venice (1956), which will be exhibited on the temple’s terrace.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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According to court documents, Price exhibited droopy eyes, slurred speech, and an emotionless demeanor, while Ramirez allegedly fled from the scene on a bicycle.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Messi, the master, strode to center stage, as if on cue.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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Isaac Paredes, mired in an early slump, strode to the plate hitless in his last 18 at-bats.—
Matt Kawahara,
Houston Chronicle,
19 Apr. 2026
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Carmen Electra flashed a peace sign while rocking a multi-print maxi dress at the T-Mobile G1 Tone-Def After-Party in 2009.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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And his creativity and cleverness flashed on some really slick, eyes-in-the-back-of-his-head sequences.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Attendee’s workday blues than completely vanished thanks to Billboard‘s Hip-Hop Rookie of the Year GELO, who swaggered about the stage and ignited the party with the littest cuts off his debut album, League of My Own.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
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The county’s child welfare agency had been involved with Jaxon since birth, according to his father, who said the boy he was born nearly eight weeks prematurely and showed signs of fetal alcohol syndrome.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
20 Apr. 2026
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No 1 — this time last year, there was still a debate between her and Mary Earps — showed her class with an acrobatic save to deny Spain an equaliser in stoppage time and was then absolutely sensational in the second half against Iceland.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Strutted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strutted. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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