How To Use Saunter In A Sentence
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I sauntered past, my eyes on that seething face.
Times, Sunday Times
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Still breathing heavy from her brisk, morning jog, she sauntered into the kitchen for a bottle of water.
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Sauntering over, he saw that they were inspecting the wares of a very nervous jerboa vegetable seller.
The Lives of Felix Gunderson
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In my Virginia hometown, people perambulated when they could not drive at a pace somewhere between a saunter and a stroll.
The Infuriating Smartphone Saunter
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A few birds cheeped in bird innocence, but that was the only sound as the man sauntered toward that purse like some tough sheriff in a Western, though then again, maybe it was just the leather chaps, well, chapping, that made him walk that way.
The Six Rules of Maybe
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As opposed to the guy who sits in the same spot every day asking for a hand-out, the bum [from the German for "saunter"] roams freely throughout the city, the country, the planet: He is king of the road.
Boing Boing
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She sauntered in fifteen minutes late.
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Yet since its 2006 float, the share price has been on a leisurely saunter.
Times, Sunday Times
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Frequently he slid out from behind the pulpit and sauntered along the aisle as he spoke.
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At a decent interval later, twice-divorced Whoopi, 43, would saunter out, like any other unattached lady guest.
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Will grinned and stood up, sauntering over to the door.
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The foxtrot is still danced every night of the week in hundreds of modern sequence dance clubs around the country, along with the waltz, quickstep, tango, rhumba, cha cha, jive, mambo, salsa, saunter, blues, swing and so on.
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Feeling peckish, we sauntered over to a colleague's desk.
The Sun
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We sauntered out of the house, feeling fairly smug as we'd got organised quite quickly for a change.
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No doubt he will saunter home.
The Sun
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He smiled in a twisted manner, sauntering into the study.
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Our daily parade down the Croisette has turned from a saunter to a stagger.
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Nobody likes them and they don't care not if some of the flyblown specimens that come sauntering up to you in Trafalgar Square are anything to go by.
Bruisers of the bird world keep Mike Tyson's fighting spirit cooped up | Martin Kelner
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This part of the route should be an easy saunter.
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I sauntered back to the homestay for a relaxing afternoon and a good book.
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Yet since its 2006 float, the share price has been on a leisurely saunter.
Times, Sunday Times
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A pair of bobbies saunter past.
Times, Sunday Times
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(He had gotten 'saunter' from listening to Daddy's character, the "cool guy," No Way Jose.) 1 comment | Leave a comment
How do you saunter?
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The saunterer came further inside, took a good look around and then marched off to the left.
Archive 2006-03-01
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Many slather gray mud over their naked skin, giving themselves a wan, ghoulish cast, and they saunter through a surreal panorama punctuated by eccentric installations.
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Sarah sauntered over to pick up the dish of cold meats and ate in silence.
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Long, drowsy, dusty days when the shade of trees calls the saunterer into the woods to seek out dark, cool places by small streams.
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The people move with that wandering, slow saunter that would have you pushed into the gutter in any northern European city.
Times, Sunday Times
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The shock of the random; a stadium seat fizzing through the air and landing at your feet as you stretch and saunter along the touchline.
Times, Sunday Times
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After in the clubhouse the atmosphere is relaxed, and a coldie or two goes down well, whilst Max sorts out the winner and then we can relax and have a slow saunter back to home base.
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Shawn sauntered into the kitchen from the front door, carrying his guitar case again and looking spiffy in dark blue jeans and a white button down shirt.
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It was all very nice and relaxing lolling around in rooftop heated pools; sauntering in and out of steam rooms; and standing under a giant ‘tropical rainstorm’-style shower.
Why can’t I just get married? « Sven’s guide to…
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I was just about to go upstairs and seek him out when Gosling came sauntering along the bay.
THE SCHEME FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT
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Brakes screeched and horn blared but Harry just sauntered over to me so nonchalantly.
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An hour or so before dusk, a big fat whitetail doe sauntered into the small clearing unaware of my presence as I was hidden from view by the ferns.
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He pushed passes into the slightest of gaps, he sauntered along the halfway line, seeking an opening.
Times, Sunday Times
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At a decent interval later, twice-divorced Whoopi, 43, would saunter out, like any other unattached lady guest.
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And then he picked up his drink and sauntered away.
Times, Sunday Times
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_Laufen_ in some parts of Germany is pronounced _lofen_, and we once heard a German student say to his friend, _Ich lauf'_ (lofe) _hier bis du wiederkehrst_: and he began accordingly to saunter up and down, -- in short, to _loaf_ about.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859
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One of the UCLA assistant coaches saunters up to the Ducks' bench.
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Oblivious to his hectic surroundings, the man carried on with his lonely saunter until he reached an uncharacteristically quiet corner of the courtyard void of any activity.
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She sauntered onto the set, looking serenely confident.
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I sauntered past, my eyes on that seething face.
Times, Sunday Times
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Timothy and Fiona sauntered on, exuding young love like an aerosol spray.
THE DISPOSAL OF THE LIVING
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And without further adieu, Mr. Smith sauntered away in a saucy walk that had a distinct feminine quality to it.
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Robert is sauntering around in the foyer, waiting.
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The one named Reene turned sharp right out of her gate, nearly colliding with Boris, who then wandered in circles as Reene sauntered over to examine the fence, ign oring her jockey's urgings forward.
In This Nevada Town, Hump Day Has a Very Special Meaning
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He winked at Maddy as the bell rang and sauntered down the hall with many girls trailing him like a dog.
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She laughed easily and sauntered away slowly, her hips swaying seductively as she moved.
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Sauntering along, the boy looks up and sees a tree filled with angels, bright angelic wings bespangling every bough like stars.
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The shock of the random; a stadium seat fizzing through the air and landing at your feet as you stretch and saunter along the touchline.
Times, Sunday Times
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Joe was already sauntering down the hallway, and Morgan watched in satisfaction before turning back to her fiancé.
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Some teenagers in garish tight polyester dresses saunter past, deep in conversation.
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Eventually all the beautiful people were puffing robustos and coronas while schmoozing, partying and sauntering among the paparazzi.
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Sauntering around the black and white checked floor, I spun my boa attractively at anyone who gave me a second glance.
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She'd come to school dressed pretty conservatively, but later in the day she'd be sauntering around in a tight mini skirt and sexy shoes.
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A couple of white-knuckled tourists, fearfully working their way up the cables, stare in amazement as he saunters past.
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He came sauntering over to meet us.
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That very afternoon there comes a swell into the wax-works, an 'as soon as Joe sets eyes on him, he knows it's the chap he first see Polly with in the race-week, and there he is a-saunterin' 'round an' pretendin 'to be unconcerned, an' yet keepin 'a sharp look-out around him.
Smethurstses
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Hearing us, other saunterers turned and stared as if we were in Rome or Paris or Hell.
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Pendleton the remorseless Bichon Frise, who saunters down the sidewalk on his 12-foot leash and then clotheslines you ankle-high.
Have We All Gone to the Dogs?
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Far from the strained looks clearly visible on Glasgow's streets, Edinburgh shoppers were casually sauntering, even finding time to indulge in the Christmas market.
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I sauntered past, my eyes on that seething face.
Times, Sunday Times
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Diana Ross sauntered down the catwalk this season wearing little more than a feather boa and a smile.
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At five minutes to eleven he sauntered up to Marie's booth.
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I don't know anyone with a grain of football knowledge who thinks that England will saunter to a four-goal victory.
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'Juliana' -- ahead of me; and left silence in my wake, as the inhabitants dropped their occupations and sauntered out to stare at
Wandering Heath
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He sauntered across the lawn to where she stood, a smile splitting his thin face as he saw how bespattered with paint she was.
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Anne gallantly sauntered up to them, smiling.
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Black nostrils twitched as the animal nosed over the tracks, then sauntered along the trail, head down, sniffing.
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Once Heather saw that her mission had been accomplished, she sauntered over to Chez and spoke a few brief words.
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he walked with a kind of saunter as if he hadn't a care in the world
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The 4-9 favourite had few problems and sauntered home six lengths clear of his three rivals.
The Sun
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As we sauntered forward I noticed all about lesser circles where the yellow-girted ones were drawing delighted laughter from good-tempered crowds by tricks of sleight-of-hand, and posturing, or tossing gilded cups and balls as though they were catering, as indeed they were, for outgrown children.
Gulliver of Mars
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Mean Mike saunters over to the security perimeter set up by security goons.
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His satisfaction communicates itself to a third saunterer through the long vacation in Kenge and
Bleak House
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But do not imagine that because we sauntered we were idle strollers!
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Just then, one of Roger's posh mates, some poncy Lord dude or other who had spent years on the African savannah saunters past…
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Anyone bet that there will be a US carrier battlegroup sauntering up the Bosphorus anytime soon?
McCain Camp: Obama "Bizarrely In Sync With Moscow"
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No doubt he will saunter home.
The Sun
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Walking down to the main drag, I fell into a full slow saunter, savouring the warmth and the sudden move into the light.
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He sauntered home at Taunton last week.
The Sun
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The people move with that wandering, slow saunter that would have you pushed into the gutter in any northern European city.
Times, Sunday Times
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I was changing out of my Flora costume and into my new taffy-pink gown with the soft belled sleeves, ruinously expensive but so pretty, when they sauntered through the door, taking no notice of the other players in varying states of undress.
Exit the Actress
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Gangs of youths sauntered along, yelling randomly at other pedestrians and dressed in peculiarly dandified clothes contrasting with a partiality for working-man's boots.
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All except one are outside in converted farm cottages, just a quick saunter across a courtyard.
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He poured her a drink and they sauntered into the living room and took a seat in a secluded corner.
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Jason Dufner's walk defines the word 'saunter,'" Graeme McDowell tweeted.
SI.com
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A calf sauntered up behind the eminent historian and butted him, taking him unawares.
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Piper performed a victory dance before sauntering over to Noah.
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People in bright casual clothes sauntered about and lounged on the empty benches.
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He straightened and started away, sauntering across the yard.
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On another occasion, she was in a coffee shop when a square-jawed navy captain sauntered over to her table with studied ease and offered to give her a lift to Tijuana in his huge, brand-new Buick.
A Covert Affair
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Patty's interest in Giotto and his kind was not very keen, and she sauntered off on a tour of inspection.
Just Patty
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At Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park in Tirupati, lions and panthers sauntered in their enclosures in search of a cool shade while elephants basked for most part of the day in little ponds.
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He leaves our building at a trot, then saunters down West End Avenue, thrilling at the cloak-and-dagger fun.
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Thither, too, comes the saunterer, anxious to get rid of that wearisome attendant himself, and thither come both males and females, who, upon a different principle, desire to make themselves double.
Saint Ronan's Well
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And then he picked up his drink and sauntered away.
Times, Sunday Times
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Only a teenage girl could turn that revelation into a source of shame and embarrassment. Anna sauntered up to my lunch table where I sat, witless and surrounded by friends.
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A libertine and charming gadabout, he wooed women with the troubadour songs of Provencal, spending each year's 150 religious holidays sauntering through the Umbrian countryside on foot and horseback.
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The 4-9 favourite had few problems and sauntered home six lengths clear of his three rivals.
The Sun
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TP Burns was up when he sauntered home by five lengths over a mile and six furlongs at Navan.
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Spring sauntered north, but he had to run like hell to keep it as his traveling companion.
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Let's go for a saunter along the river.
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He sauntered by, looking very pleased with himself.
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She sauntered onto the set, looking serenely confident.
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In summer, many manual laborers take their tops off because they get sweaty, or like to saunter along the sidewalks topless.
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He stood by the weather rail for a time (we were lowering over the lee rail), and then sauntered slowly amidships, where he again paused and stood facing the wind, with his back toward us.
Chapter 26
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Benny Goodman, who commissioned the work, saunters through it proprietorially.
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Office clerks could be forced to attend punctually at ten; and that wretched saunterer, whom five days a week he saw lounging into the
The Three Clerks
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I woke up early and put on a pair of pants with a loose black shirt and sauntered into the lounge room.
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Amber was first, sauntering in as if nothing had happened.
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And, in the next saunter of the tonnish triumvirs, Lord Newford, suddenly seeing with whom she was associated, stopt, and looking at her with an air of surprise, exclaimed, 'God bless me!
Camilla
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The 4-9 favourite had few problems and sauntered home six lengths clear of his three rivals.
The Sun
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He says that the word saunterer was derived from those persons who, during the Middle Ages, went on crusades to the
Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out
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Now it's just stamping our feet and flag-waving, caracole and saunter until the action starts---a little later than any of us expected.
AMERICAN GODS
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The shock of the random; a stadium seat fizzing through the air and landing at your feet as you stretch and saunter along the touchline.
Times, Sunday Times
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With one of her admirers she had soon formed a friendship that was the wonder of all who saw it: in deep respect the others drew back, forming a kind of allee, down which, with linked arms, the two friends sauntered, blind to everything but themselves. —
The Getting of Wisdom
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Notwithstanding, however, the unamiability with which he reproaches his companions in arms, there was much fun and feasting, and sauntering in the Prado, and bull-fighting and theatre-going, whilst the British were at Madrid.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847
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As I walked through the door one of the two book-end bouncers began to saunter over to the reception desk.
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She had on long white gloves and a feather boa, as she sauntered onto the scene clutching her handkerchief she pretended to faint, and drop the hankie.
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Now it's just stamping our feet and flag-waving, caracole and saunter until the action starts---a little later than any of us expected.
AMERICAN GODS
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Sauntering along, the boy looks up and sees a tree filled with angels, bright angelic wings bespangling every bough like stars.
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Two of them, with helmets on and heavily laden with rifles and bulletproof vests, saunter over to us, wanting to know why a group of women has gathered here.
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It was upon a beautiful autumn evening, at that glad period of the season when the harvest yields its abundance, that two figures were seen sauntering along the banks of the winding river, which I described as bounding the farm occupied by Heathcote; they had been, as the rods and landing-nets which they listlessly carried went to show, plying the gentle, but in this case not altogether solitary craft of the fisherman.
The Purcell Papers
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If you fancy a soothing saunter into the heart of country, then put this collection on, clear back the carpet, uncork your favourite brew and haul your sweetheart across the floor for a tender two-step.
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He is sauntering along the beach wearing flip-flops, shorts and a T-shirt with a rectangular window cut away from the midriff to reveal his toned stomach.
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I sauntered past the queues of shiny red brake lights and into the Arts District.
Times, Sunday Times
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Gangs of youths sauntered along, yelling randomly at other pedestrians and dressed in peculiarly dandified clothes contrasting with a partiality for working-man's boots.
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To take a walk is to vegetate; to saunter is to live.
The Physiology of Marriage, Complete
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The foxtrot is still danced every night of the week in hundreds of modern sequence dance clubs around the country, along with the waltz, quickstep, tango, rhumba, cha cha, jive, mambo, salsa, saunter, blues, swing and so on.
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We spent most of our days sauntering down sunny beaches, eating romantic candlelit lunches, and singing songs with some of our closest friends.
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We can very readily identify with the lovable rogues that sauntered across the western landscapes.
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Most guests arrive by boat, anchor off the beach and saunter over to the restaurant wearing ostentatious swimwear and big sunglasses.
Times, Sunday Times
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I sauntered past the queues of shiny red brake lights and into the Arts District.
Times, Sunday Times
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Sheila sauntered in wearing slacks and an artificial-silk print blouse with a bow at around 7: 30.
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_Ich lauf_ (lofe) _hier bis du wiederkehrest_, and he began accordingly to saunter up and down, in short, to _loaf_.
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell
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There were level parts contouring along the hillside where I sauntered past brilliant wildflowers or sharply aromatic herbs.
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He sauntered along, still wearing his heavy coat and woolen hat which was never, ever removed.
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On reaching the lane I have so often described as skirting the gardens of the old Hall, I noticed, through the palisades, a person, probably one of the gardeners, sauntering along Lady Robert's favourite yew-walk.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.
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Her ginger cat came sauntering into the room as if he owned it.
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He jumped over the ropes and ran swiftly across the field, leaving Reggie to saunter along at his leisure, bowing to the ladies in the grandstand and on the tally-hos as he passed.
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A tall blonde in a skimpy outfit came sauntering over to him, unsteady and wobbling on her heels.
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Hands in pockets, Lennon sauntered through the plaza, pausing only to disable any artificial lifeforms that approached him asking questions.
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But yesterday she sauntered home to win by three lengths to become one of the easiest Classic winners I have seen.
The Sun
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At a decent interval later, twice-divorced Whoopi, 43, would saunter out, like any other unattached lady guest.
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A pair of bobbies saunter past.
Times, Sunday Times
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She rose, stretched right in his face to be sure he got an eyeful, then sauntered toward the bathroom, waggling her hips to keep his eyes on her.
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Having poleaxed the thug, she sauntered off, leaving the detail of his detainment to two remarkably civic-minded passers-by.
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Forgetting that we were in search of sea breezes, we continued to saunter on, across one field, over one stile and then over another, until after passing by the side of a snug-looking old-fashioned house, with a beautifully kept garden, the road took a sudden turn and brought us to some parkish-looking well-timbered ground in front, at one side of which Jorrocks saw something that he swore was
Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities
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The fact seems to be that the boy was a dreamer and saunterer; he himself says that he used to wander about the pier heads in fine weather, watch the ships departing on long voyages, and dream of going to the ends of the earth.
Washington Irving
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Thankfully, I never discovered whether this gang of kids were bluffing or not because a strapping man who had been drinking in the pub opposite sauntered onto the street.
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See: BEGGAR, LOAF, SAUNTER. cadger: Cadging, the ancient art of imposing upon the generosity of others, is an essential skill for the would-be idler, since poverty is the easiest way to obtain a great deal of free time.
Boing Boing
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It creates a world of cheerful saunterers along small bridges and crosswalks, and outdoor cafe couples with their glasses chiming.
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The two of them sauntered off in opposite directions, as if aimlessly.
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They sauntered along as if on parade, occasionally picking at the gravel.
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So after about a mile of sauntering I shifted into third gear and left Brower with his hair ruffling in my wind.
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A rather plump woman with tiny framed glasses sauntered in through the doorway.
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A flicker of movement to the right caught his eye and he saw the guard slowly approach, sauntering down the hall without a care in the world.
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Lions and panthers sauntered in their enclosures in search of a cool shade while elephants basked for most part of the day in little ponds.
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I stopped then, snacked on a couple of small oranges, tucked the peel in the little rubbish bag I keep on the back pannier, and sauntered over to look out over the country that'll be my next place to explore.
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She sauntered up to the desk and perched on the edge, her flossy leather bodysuit gleaming in the spotlight as she flicked back her black hair.
Black Magic
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She sauntered in fifteen minutes late.
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Models sauntered along a catwalk sprinkled with black sequins wearing triangular crimped wigs and sporting ghostly white faces.
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Thankfully, I never discovered whether this gang of kids were bluffing or not because a strapping man who had been drinking in the pub opposite sauntered on to the street.
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So dig out your best pair of platform boots, squeeze yourself into those flared hipsters, smooth out your huge wing collar, and saunter on over to the bright and shiny new glamvan blog.
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Mason patted her on the arm, a strangely paternal gesture, and sauntered past her father with barely a tip of his hat.
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Down the gang-plank a strange figure sauntered, clad in buckskin breeches suspended by one strap over a flannel shirt open at the throat; high-topped boots confined the breeches at the knee; a battered hat was pushed back from a rubicand face, and about his waist a belt bristled with pistols and bowie knives.
Winona: A Tale of Negro Life in the South and Southwest
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Tolteca sauntered past the canebrake, following a side path.
Do you ever read writing?
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He pushed passes into the slightest of gaps, he sauntered along the halfway line, seeking an opening.
Times, Sunday Times
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Manono is a car-free, sandy-bayed idyll, where school children saunter with their satchels under swaying palm trees, wandering the round-island footpath.
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I sauntered through the upstairs hall, reluctant to go out into the raging blizzard outside.
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As the Flower Children who cavorted through the Summer of Love saunter through the autumn of their years, we all should encourage them to keep making love not war -- and to do so safely.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Sexygenerians: Why the Taboo Against Candor, Safety With Senior Sex?
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Sax liked Thoreau's explanation for the word saunter: from à la Sainte Terre, describing pilgrims on their way to the Holy Land.
Languagehat.com: SAUNTER.
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She returned back inside, sauntering into the drawing room where she resumed her position on the window seat, picking up the book.
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He sauntered home at Taunton last week.
The Sun
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And then he picked up his drink and sauntered away.
Times, Sunday Times
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You can do your own cooking or saunter up to the hotel for supper.
Times, Sunday Times
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The people move with that wandering, slow saunter that would have you pushed into the gutter in any northern European city.
Times, Sunday Times
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He jumped over the ropes and ran swiftly across the field, leaving Reggie to saunter along at his leisure, bowing to the ladies in the grandstand and on the tally-hos as he passed.
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Brian sauntered past his meat cases, into a back room where an employee hacked away at shins of beef, and through the door of his meat refrigerator.
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Broward, not usually known as a natty dresser, sauntered up in a linen suit the color of new butter and proceeded to lambaste Davis for his alliance with “land pirates and purchased newspapers.”
Dream State
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Emily let her shoulders relax and gave a cocky half-smile, and sauntered into the classroom.
Odd Girl In
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I was eating my regular lunch at my regular table when Vena came sauntering over, her flunkies creating a semicircle behind her.
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Sauntering into the living room, I stretched my flaccid body along the couch.
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He saunters in 10 minutes later, resplendent in full leisurewear regalia.
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No doubt he will saunter home.
The Sun
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I sauntered past the queues of shiny red brake lights and into the Arts District.
Times, Sunday Times
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The weather was close, and being satisfied, and, for once, frugal, George cooked the two remaining fish, and swathing them neatly in fresh green leaves, sauntered away, cooing a corroboree of content.
My Tropic Isle
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Yet since its 2006 float, the share price has been on a leisurely saunter.
Times, Sunday Times
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A few birds cheeped in bird innocence, but that was the only sound as the man sauntered toward that purse like some tough sheriff in a Western, though then again, maybe it was just the leather chaps, well, chapping, that made him walk that way.
The Six Rules of Maybe
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From the corner of his eye he could see Dave Wright sauntering towards them, a towel draped round his thick neck.
FORESTS OF THE NIGHT
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He pushed passes into the slightest of gaps, he sauntered along the halfway line, seeking an opening.
Times, Sunday Times
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He sauntered home at Taunton last week.
The Sun
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Feeling very pleased, he left her room and sauntered down the corridor.
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He selected a Frozen Yoghurt store as the emptiest along the row, and sauntered in.
THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
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We rested on his right shoulder as he sauntered above the trees, all the while telling us of the differences between ogres and giants.
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They sauntered past us and nodded their hellos in our general direction.
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As in time it did not die away, but began to get a little more heated (one voice appearing to be raised in entreaty and the other, Elizabeth's, in protest), I thought I had better saunter out and interrupt the causerie.
Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel
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He who sits still in a house all the time may be the greatest vagrant of all; but the saunterer, in the good sense, is no more vagrant than the meandering river, which is all the while sedulously seeking the shortest course to the sea.
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