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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
Dern strutted her stuff in a gown decorated with three-dimensional florals, as well as a pair of sleek sandals.
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Hannah Malach, InStyle, 20 Jan. 2026
Teigen strutted down the black-and-red carpet in black patent-leather D’Orsay pumps with dainty ankle straps.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 9 Jan. 2026
The rest of the parade went and members of the string bands played and strutted without props.
—Raymond Strickland, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
Children from blue-collar warrens straddling the road strutted about.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
One roach strutted across a cutting board in that area while another four roaches got together under cookline equipment.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
Gru strutted around a table in the Governor’s Reception Room, fanning its feathers for roughly 20 minutes while Walz took questions.
—Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 25 Nov. 2025
Beneath the sandstone cliffs of Diriyah, on a runway at the UNESCO World Heritage site, models strutted couture from Vivienne Westwood and Stella McCartney, giving the recent Riyadh Fashion Week global cache.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 24 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
Hannah Malach, InStyle, 20 Jan. 2026
Teigen strutted down the black-and-red carpet in black patent-leather D’Orsay pumps with dainty ankle straps.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 9 Jan. 2026
The rest of the parade went and members of the string bands played and strutted without props.
—Raymond Strickland, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
Children from blue-collar warrens straddling the road strutted about.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
One roach strutted across a cutting board in that area while another four roaches got together under cookline equipment.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
Gru strutted around a table in the Governor’s Reception Room, fanning its feathers for roughly 20 minutes while Walz took questions.
—Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 25 Nov. 2025
Beneath the sandstone cliffs of Diriyah, on a runway at the UNESCO World Heritage site, models strutted couture from Vivienne Westwood and Stella McCartney, giving the recent Riyadh Fashion Week global cache.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 24 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strutted
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Once news of her operations came to light, Addison became the target of pro-life activists — who stalked and doxxed her, threw a brick into Grey Sloan’s clinic, and even tried to run her over with a car.—
Max Gao,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2026
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These included Martin, Bailey, Samantha Boniface and Melanie, who told The Guardian that Hardy cyber-stalked and harassed roughly 25 of their female classmates.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
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All of that is displayed in his lyrics.—
Rocio Munoz,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Head-to-head A general view of the Seattle Seahawks helmet and New England Patriots helmet displayed in inside of the Levi’s Stadium prior to Super Bowl LX on February 4, 2026 in Santa Clara, California.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 2026
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Here, the Multimatic True Active Spool Valve dampers (TASV) pranced and pranged over bumps, dips and cracks.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Enjoying one of these moments free from scrutiny, the five-foot-five, stocky Smalls playfully picked up the captain’s distinctive floppy hat and pranced around the ship, imitating his mannerisms.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Nov. 2025
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In 2022, Mimosa Echard won the Prix Marcel Duchamp and exhibited the installation Escape more at the Centre Pompidou in Paris—a display consisting of glass walls, streams of water and urine, pollen, ginkgo tree eggs, newsprint, films, and assorted tchotchkes, among other items.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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While the district has since acted to stop these payments, a serious lack of control was exhibited.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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None of them had any idea as to what was wrong with Nix until Payton, in street clothes, strode back to the postgame podium for the second time Saturday night after the madness cleared.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
17 Jan. 2026
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Nineteen years ago, Mike Tomlin strode to a microphone in Pittsburgh, debuting his iconic, confident gait.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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In the second image, Corey flashed two thumbs up while lying shirtless in a hospital bed.—
Ashley Hume , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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Nesbitt, who notched four assists and three steals, flashed both a sense of how to score and also get his teammates involved Friday.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 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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For Proust—who may have met Wilde and even been the subject of the older man’s amorous attention (though accounts of their meeting or meetings could be apocryphal)—his downfall showed that life featured far keener sorrows than those encountered in books.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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An app on her phone showed the brothers’ locations in the same place — down to the cross street — as the reported shooting.—
Sophia Peyser,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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