traipsing 1 of 2

present participle of traipse

traipsing

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of traipsing
Adjective
Speaking with Entertainment Weekly for a Witcher season 4 cover story, showrunner Lauren Hissrich exclusively confirms that Minnie Driver will not return as the shape-shifting, time-traveling, parallel world-traipsing Seanchaí. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025 One of the first celebrities to be regularly photographed in her everyday clothes, Birkin was an early icon of street style, traipsing around Paris in sneakers and rumpled sweaters, wicker basket in hand. Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025 Who wants thousands of people traipsing through their neighborhoods? Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025 This guy comes for a holiday and has 23 cars and a bike squad traipsing around, and the same again at his next port of call. Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traipsing
Verb
  • Refrain from entering water that may have electricity in it and avoid walking through floodwaters.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Thus, the privacy implications are significant – in a study involving 197 participants, the research team was able to determine identities with nearly 100% accuracy, regardless of the individual’s walking style or perspective.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Mid-October will see the wandering body pass close to the star Alkaphrah, or Chi Ursae Majoris in the constellation Ursa Major, just below the 'dipper' portion of the Big Dipper asterism, before beating a path through the night sky towards the star Cor Caroli in the constellation Canes Venatici.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • On his first night alone in the city, Alex is wandering around the Village and tries to get a drink at the Olive Tree Café, the fabled spot on MacDougal Street that’s attached to the Comedy Cellar (which is the floor below).
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That season’s Sharks — a talented group, to be sure — ended up treading water for the first three months before coming together in the second half and eventually reaching the Stanley Cup Final.
    Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Video from the scene, obtained by Newsflare, shows the animal cautiously swimming toward the agency's boat as officers extend a makeshift flotation device to give the big cat a place to rest, rather than treading water.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Brazil harbors roughly half of the world's remaining jaguar population, with many roaming the country's dense Amazon rainforest and surrounding wetlands.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • One of the game's best sections – and one that probably plays really well in its VR counterpart – involves facehuggers and roaming around a hive unarmed while the Xenomorphs aren't a threat.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Viewers were able to see the canine strolling along with their owner while on leash, before coming across the large decorative corpse bride.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • At this particular Publix supermarket, shoppers can push carts with cupholders, sip a craft beer or mimosa and grab a slice of pizza while strolling the aisles.
    Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Traipsing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traipsing. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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