sauntered; sauntering; saunters
: to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll
sauntered slowly down the street
saunter
noun
Examples of saunter in a Sentence
They sauntered slowly down the street.
He sauntered into the store.
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After a quarter of an hour, the bass line sauntered instead of shuffling.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 13 Mar. 2025
And starting again with someone new seemed like a distant dream, Haynie says, until that night Davis McClendon sauntered up and sat down in her life.
—Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
The star sauntered down the runway in Risso’s electric yellow pop art-style gown.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2025
Sandoval, perpetually sweaty and always sauntering around the castle like a surprised possum, has no real concept of who may or may not be Traitors, but that doesn’t keep him from sharing every theory that enters his mind with anyone in his vicinity.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 6 Feb. 2025
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 13 Mar. 2025
And starting again with someone new seemed like a distant dream, Haynie says, until that night Davis McClendon sauntered up and sat down in her life.
—Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
The star sauntered down the runway in Risso’s electric yellow pop art-style gown.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2025
Sandoval, perpetually sweaty and always sauntering around the castle like a surprised possum, has no real concept of who may or may not be Traitors, but that doesn’t keep him from sharing every theory that enters his mind with anyone in his vicinity.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Saunter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saunter. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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