How to Use saunter in a Sentence
saunter
verb- He sauntered into the store.
- They sauntered slowly down the street.
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One of the cats sauntered over and laid down at my feet.
— Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 6 Feb. 2024 -
My dad sauntered into the room and turned on The Shield.
— Mary Traina, The Cut, 10 Apr. 2018 -
His son saunters over and gives Brady a kiss on the lips and walks away.
— Geoffrey C. Arnold, OregonLive.com, 2 Feb. 2018 -
The badger saunters to the edge of the tunnel, pausing at the edge.
— Anna Bauman, SFChronicle.com, 4 Feb. 2020 -
The video shows the beast sauntering up to the front door and grabbing the bag in its mouth.
— CBS News, 8 Nov. 2023 -
On the other side of the split screen, the dog sauntered into the shot and sat on Jen’s legs.
— Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 1 June 2020 -
Hinch sauntered from the dugout, the bases now full with nobody out.
— Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 12 May 2018 -
Willing my happy boy to saunter down the aisle back to his seat.
— Julie M. Green, Washington Post, 1 July 2019 -
In the video, the bear saunters up to the door and quickly makes away with the delivery bag in its mouth.
— Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023 -
Snails then saunter by leisurely and consume the feces, along with the fluke eggs.
— Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2023 -
Keuchel sauntered from the mound, his evening complete.
— Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2018 -
But that doesn’t mean that Ant-Man and the Wasp, with all of their ease and banter, shouldn’t saunter in and have a little fun.
— Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 5 July 2018 -
Kelce sauntered over to the opposite end of the field and greeted fans there.
— Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 28 July 2024 -
Bourbon lovers will want to saunter over to Hook’s Barbery.
— Megan Dubois, Chron, 14 July 2022 -
The dog saunters across the living room, looks back at us and then dives into our bed to sleep.
— Refinery29 Australia Team, refinery29.com, 15 Jan. 2024 -
Cruise and McQuarrie sauntered out of an exit door by the screen and took the stage with a mic.
— Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 13 July 2023 -
Strasburg sauntered back for the bottom half with much more room to work.
— Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 30 Oct. 2019 -
And sometime in between them is when Cameron sauntered over to me.
— Nicole Karlis, Marie Claire, 18 Aug. 2017 -
His Eephus pitch sauntered to the plate at about 65 mph.
— Greg Moore, azcentral, 18 July 2019 -
Just me, the camera and whatever happens to saunter by.
— Tony Hansen, Outdoor Life, 27 Nov. 2019 -
The rapper sauntered on stage with an oversized chain and sang a bit of the bridge before hugging Williams.
— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 1 June 2023 -
How often does Steve Kerr saunter out to midcourt to ask Stephen Curry how his arm feels?
— Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2018 -
Then a Yorkshire sauntered by and Pierre nearly flipped over the table.
— New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018 -
Gosling took off his hat, plopped it on the head of an audience member (his sister), and sauntered up to the stage.
— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024 -
But fans can saunter to the other courts – in the parking lot and ones directly behind the Harbor Inn.
— Marc Bona, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2021 -
Reddick squeezed it and Verlander sauntered to the dugout.
— Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 15 June 2018 -
Ivan imagined it from his perspective — big guys with machine guns sauntering down the street.
— Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024 -
Winkler sauntered over to the jukebox, banged on it like his iconic character always did, and shrugged his shoulders in a way only Arthur Fonzarelli could.
— Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2024
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