swaggered

past tense of swagger

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Recent Examples of swaggered 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swaggered
Verb
  • For comparison, Verizon boasted 116 million wireless retail, 11 million broadband, and 2 million Fios video connections in 2025 for a total of 129 million.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • The vibrant dress showcased a sexy cut-out, perfectly accentuating her standout Bulgari necklace, which boasted two diamond collars and a central yellow cushion cut diamond.
    Shelby Comroe, InStyle, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • Later, after 7 1/3 innings of dominant baseball, Skubal strutted off the field to an even louder standing ovation.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 July 2026
  • The Cécred founder strutted out on stage in a plunging black pinstripe blazer jacket paired with matching pinstripe capri pants.
    Lara Walsh, InStyle, 11 July 2026
Verb
  • Jason bragged about using emotional manipulation over his dead mother to trick Angela.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
  • Plenty of others bragged about how their normally less-than-healthy eating habits would protect them from the diarrheal scourge.
    Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Also this week, a judge determined that Mortensen’s roommate, Cru Eaton, has stalked Paul, which formed the basis of an injunction against him.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026
  • According to prosecutors, a group of gunmen later tracked Bowman to Los Angeles in 2022, then stalked and ambushed him at a gas station near the Beverly Center, firing at least 18 rounds from multiple weapons, including a machine gun.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • Enzo Maresca strode into the Manchester City press auditorium five minutes early, addressed the room and took off his jacket.
    Sam Lee, New York Times, 25 July 2026
  • Prosecutor Joel Seidemann strode briskly up the length of the courtroom’s center aisle with an accordion file under one arm and a line of eight younger colleagues rushing to keep up.
    Laura Italiano, NBC news, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • As Darrell Royal, the old football coach at Texas once said … one of his players pranced into the end zone and started beating on his own chest.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
  • Then Surge zipped through a tunnel and pranced around the ring.
    Ross Mantle, New York Times, 21 May 2026

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