strutting

Example Sentences

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The school drew parents like therapist Kavita Ramani and her computer-engineer husband, who delighted at the sight of their bright first-grader strutting with joy after a day at Tessellations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

New Yorkers can’t get enough of the strutting woodcock.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

It has become a staple of every NFL game's pre-show coverage -- footage of players strutting their way to stadium locker rooms wearing the latest daring sartorial choices.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

Other tracks include “Just a Little,” strutting to a Rolling Stones-ish riff, and the bluesy, moody “Go on Down to Mobile,” with a brief but searing guitar solo that is recognizably his.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

Susan Linkous, a pretty ninth-grader at War Junior, waved at us from her front porch and we “howdy’d” her, strutting even more.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam