shimmied

Example Sentences

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Channeling the music like a crazed shaman, Jagger shimmied and sashayed, owning the stage like few lead singers have before or since.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

He shimmied away from the only remaining defender, spotted Schmeichel off his line, and chipped him from the halfway line with a shot that defied belief and perhaps gravity itself.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

When Mom thought the oil was close, she would flick a little flour into it, and if it sizzled and shimmied just right, she knew it was ready.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2025

A recent TikTok from the dancer Melissa Becraft featured a poster for Bubly, the sparkling-water brand owned by PepsiCo, hanging on the wall of her apartment as she shimmied to a Shakira song.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

They went to Fernway, his old elementary school, where they clambered up the slide and shimmied up the pole and tumbled from the catwalk to the wood chips below.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng