as in stroll
a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure
tourists on a morning saunter around the old section of the city
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as in to stroll
to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure
he lazily saunters about the French countryside, mostly photographing birds and flowers
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Recent Examples of saunter
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
Lewis-Skelly duly sauntered into the City box, feinted his way onto his wrong foot, and clipped in a beauty.
—Amy Lawrence, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
Kaia Gerber sauntered down the Valentino catwalk in a dark rinse pair with a crisp white button-down and statement crystal earrings, instantly becoming the hero of countless inspiration boards to come.
—Kerry Pieri, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025
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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
Lewis-Skelly duly sauntered into the City box, feinted his way onto his wrong foot, and clipped in a beauty.
—Amy Lawrence, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
Kaia Gerber sauntered down the Valentino catwalk in a dark rinse pair with a crisp white button-down and statement crystal earrings, instantly becoming the hero of countless inspiration boards to come.
—Kerry Pieri, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saunter
Verb
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Spend an afternoon strolling around downtown’s Market Square and enjoying the ample greenspace at World’s Fair Park.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2025
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Bravo’s comments about Woodley come after the pair were first spotted strolling in Paris together last month.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Sure, no zombie show is exactly a walk in the park, but watching The Last of Us is an especially draining experience, pairing abrupt graphic violence with a suffocatingly bleak worldview.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
7 Apr. 2025
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Of course, the process of reviving these animals was no walk in the park.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
7 Apr. 2025
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The banal village tunes that Mahler altered into sinister mock vulgarities—did these not recall the raffish klezmer bands, the wandering musicians who played at shtetl weddings?—
David Denby,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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The vehicle wandered across the road far more than any already ill-handling Defender should, its brakes were weak, and gear shifts were accompanied by a prominent clunk.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Saunter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saunter. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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