strutting

Example Sentences

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He used to build his rosters by strutting up to future NBA stars and convincing them to head from high school to his training camps in Kentucky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Miss Mexico was crowned Miss Universe in Thailand on Friday, strutting to victory after the beauty pageant's host had publicly chastised her, among several dramatic missteps in the run-up to the final stage.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

Today it’s a strutting sense of self and mission the Roman of a later era would have recognized just as readily.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2025

So, yeah, don’t expect to see Hurts strutting around camp wearing his shiny new Super Bowl ring.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

He led me around the side of the house and there, strutting across that little patch of grass, was a chicken.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech