How to Use mosey in a Sentence

mosey

verb
  • He moseyed up to the bar.
  • For dessert, mosey your way a few blocks down to The Whisky Club.
    Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2023
  • The event will feature a 1.25-mile route for classic cars to mosey around the fairgrounds.
    Daily Pilot, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Last summer, the little Udin farm met its match: Deer moseyed over and devoured most of the crop.
    New York Times, 25 May 2018
  • While Butler hustled to the spot Wilson fired at, Kearse moseyed at a gear past walk-through.
    David J. Neal, miamiherald, 28 Jan. 2018
  • Officers wanted to help get the bear safely out of the area by helping give the bear space to mosey along.
    CBS News, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Yet, there’s reason to worry about when or if the golf gods will mosey up to the cathedral’s ornate door and knock again.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2021
  • All around, parents and kids moseyed through Linscott Park, stopping to picnic or ride the swings.
    Alysa Guffey, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
  • After dinner, guests will mosey over to the casino for a chance to win some prizes at the black jack, poker, roulette or craps tables.
    Faye Reeder, star-telegram, 9 Sep. 2017
  • The pair moseyed the budget-friendly aisles, going from consumers to culture jammers in the process.
    Mariella Rudi, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The hero dog was distracted by a brown horse on the other side of the parking lot fence, who moseyed over to see what his fellow mammals were up to.
    Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 26 Feb. 2020
  • He could be caught moseying back in transition, catching his breath at a time when the Wolves needed him.
    Ben Golliver and Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 13 Sep. 2017
  • In late afternoon, just before shops close, the burros mosey back into the hills.
    Roger Naylor, azcentral, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Those in Vegas for the game get a week to mosey up to sportsbooks and place wagers on the big game, getting action in all things from player props to the coin toss to the result.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Just mosey on up to one of the many costumed characters in Ghost Town, listen to their stories, and let yourself get drawn into the show.
    Robert Niles, The Mercury News, 6 June 2017
  • Just mosey on down the block to Goldy’s Corner for a cuppa joe and an appetizing pastry and wait for a table.
    Dana Oland, idahostatesman, 21 May 2018
  • Another roach moseyed across a kitchen food prep table.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 May 2024
  • No worries, just mosey on down the block to Goldy’s Corner for a cuppa joe and an appetizing pastry and wait for a table.
    Dana Oland, idahostatesman, 14 Mar. 2018
  • In December, a colleague moseyed by my desk to ask about my beware-of-the-planner article.
    Emily Baumgaertner, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2020
  • And at one point on Sunday night, a cowboy moseyed past Recipe for Success Foundation's 60 dinner party guests just as the sun set.
    Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 27 June 2018
  • Anyone can mosey on down to their local pub and shoulder in with their fellow revelers.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Dylan often moseys cheerfully through the house with a torn soccer ball hanging from his mouth.
    Heather Cocks, Redbook, 7 July 2011
  • The bear takes a final look around before finally moseying through the gate and out into the street (straight toward two unsecured trash cans).
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Instead of hauling her butt back home, Ally decides to mosey on into the empty AF grocery store.
    Gabe Bergado, Teen Vogue, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Boston moseyed through and plucked defenseman Nick Holden, then returned five days later to coax away Rick Nash.
    Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Eventually, the ones drooping from the now-defunct Erwin Center’s ceiling will mosey over to their new home.
    Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The video shows a handful of cows moseying around the neighborhood while families stood outside to marvel at the strange occurrence.
    Ricky Pinela, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • From here, the two women mosey around—indulging a superfan, fending off paparazzi, driving to and fro, doing karaoke, and ending up at Heather’s house.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Thursday, for Part Two (repeating through Sunday), Dudamel moseyed a bit farther west and a lot farther south.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2019
  • A stream of seven vehicles moseyed past with some of the occupants straining to see what Wilson was photographing.
    Stephen Hudak, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 July 2017

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