How to Use saunter in a Sentence

saunter

verb
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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
  • Bourbon lovers will want to saunter over to Hook’s Barbery.
    — Megan Dubois, Chron, 14 July 2022
  • 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
  • Since Lopez has been known to saunter the streets in an off-duty post-gym bun and crop top, the megawatt airport look hardly comes as a surprise.
    — Jenna Rennert, Vogue, 7 Nov. 2018
  • When the bears finally sauntered off, Kilham got home with footage of the encounter.
    — Cristela Guerra, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • And after a moment, success: The raccoon wiggles loose from the jar and begins to saunter off, video shows.
    — Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, 28 June 2018
  • Texas sauntered out of the locker room looking dead-on-arrival.
    — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 25 Jan. 2020
  • During the field day festivities, a bear with her cubs (this was on the West Coast) sauntered onto the playground and mass hysteria ensued.
    — Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2024
  • Nature enthusiasts can saunter through 2,200 acres of lush, primitive landscape teeming with hundreds of species of birds.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 31 May 2024

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