swanned

Definition of swannednext
past tense of swan

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for swanned
Verb
  • Nearly half a million people strolled through the grounds last year, nearly double the number in 2015.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Once product characters strolled into the park in 1974, the floodgates opened.
    John Haddad, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Leaving the Heavener Football Center on Wednesday, Baugh sauntered several hundred yards to his car without a phone in his hands — a rare sight among his fellow students on the UF campus.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Murphy snapped the shot just as the seraphic straggler picked his head up to get a sense of his bearings, then later sauntered back to rejoin his comrades.
    Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Groups of Irish setters and their owners ambled up Fifth Avenue, along with a cavalcade of classic cars, vintage fire trucks and a Depression-era San Diego police paddy wagon.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • On a spring training back field Saturday, Jose Altuve ambled out to a familiar spot.
    Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The Nashville Predators moseyed westward for a California swing that started with a tie-breaking triumph against the San Jose Sharks on Saturday, continued with another deadlock-loosening clash with the Kings on Monday and will wrap up versus the Ducks on Tuesday.
    Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
  • As for the living roaches, two were crawling on a prep area wall, two moseyed under an oven and four were by a prep kitchen ice machine.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Stella crossed the street and loitered outside the store window displaying haughty mannequins flaunting swagger coats.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
  • At the start of that brief official visit, his first, five military-grade drones loitered dangerously near Dublin Airport’s busiest civilian flight paths unopposed.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Those are the listings that lingered on the market for more than two months.
    Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026
  • But a swath of traffic cones and an unfinished project have lingered, and sidewalks, a layer of asphalt and road striping still need to be finished.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Swanned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swanned. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.

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