SWANNING Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

swanning

verb

present participle of swan

as in strolling

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In photos obtained by the Daily Mail, Martin could be seen strolling through Brentwood, Los Angeles in a fluttery white sundress.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026
His routine includes strolling toward the mound and sometimes clapping his hands before taking the baseball.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of strolling

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Before sauntering down the stairwell to the dressing room, Stones stopped to sign autographs for fans in Inter’s pitchside hospitality suites.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
The visuals of fighters warming up inside the White House and sauntering down the Truman balcony, many wrapped in the American flag, was an unusual spectacle indeed.

— Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 15 June 2026

Definition of sauntering

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In surveillance video provided by police, two young men wearing hoodies, with their hoods up, and surgical-style face masks, are seen quickly ambling down the sidewalk.

— Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
The highway patrol’s video snippet ended with the man still holding the blades and ambling down an embankment to the highway while an officer pointed a gun at him.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of ambling

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There were more than a dozen giraffes moseying in the early morning sun, their stature made all the more astounding by their unexpected multitude.

— Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026
Sara Westfall's 5-year-old daughter was the first to spot Rex moseying down the sidewalk.

— Alina Hartounian, NPR, 18 May 2026

Definition of moseying

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That March, Tahmasbi noticed strangers loitering around his apartment building.

— Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
The company revealed that both the Containerized Missile Launcher and the FV-014 loitering munition system are in-house developments.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of loitering

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Rain has already begun to move across the Big Island and is expected to continue through at least Monday, with lingering rain still impacting some of the islands possibly on Tuesday.

— Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
If any lingering question of home-court advantage persisted, it was made crystal clear in the final 30 seconds who had the biggest backing, as Barclays erupted in celebration of the Liberty’s game-winning plays down the stretch.

— Annie Costabile, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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