swaggered

past tense of swagger

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of swaggered In San Ángel, those men swaggered around town, smoking marijuana and blasting banda music from their flashy trucks. Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026 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
  • The United States should not echo its 1970s policies around food power, during which officials boasted of altruism while attempting to exert political strength by alternatively deploying and withholding its grain supply.
    Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026
  • From behind, the gown boasted a low-cut back and a single zipper.
    Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Just last week, Minnesota strolled into San Francisco, delivered a clinical beatdown and strutted off the floor like brash royalty, reminding the peasants of their place.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Earlier this month, Andrew and Tristan Tate strutted around Washington as MAGA royalty.
    Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • Ballmer once bragged about how many toilets are in the Intuit Dome, and that feels like a metaphor for the state of his Clippers.
    Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Border Patrol agent Charles Exum shot Marimar Martínez, a teacher’s assistant, five times and then bragged about it.
    Jesus Chuy Garcia, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Sacramento woman was killed last Tuesday by a man who had stalked her for months, according to authorities.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Thakur had reported being stalked by Rohit Rohit, 22, since January and had taken out a restraining order against him in May, authorities said.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Enzo Maresca strode down the Old Trafford tunnel and let out a victorious roar.
    Sam Lee, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • As Shohei Ohtani strode up to the plate Monday, Michael Bublé’s voice crooned over the Dodger Stadium speakers as always.
    Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 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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“Swaggered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swaggered. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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