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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of sashay.

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Examples

  • On the floor of the conference, “no swishing was allowed in public” and “a couple of local queens who sashayed up to one session were told politely but firmly to go home and come back only if they were properly dressed and behaved.”

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • A leggy, bronze Latina, wearing a lavender, whisper sheer baby doll that showcased her beautifully sculpted breasts, and tiny panties, sashayed onto the stage.

    I.O.U. Elle 2011

  • The Israelis have sashayed in and out of southern Lebanon at will for decades.

    Matthew Yglesias » Gulf Stability and the New Iraq 2009

  • In sashayed Halle Berry, followed by Shirley MacLaine and Sophia Loren, arm in arm.

    Backstage Oscar pass: Secret celebs, jokes, tension 2009

  • Then there was saucy Mike Newell, director of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, whose camera candidly appraised the bottoms of the beautiful French girls from Beauxbatons Academy as they sashayed across the flagstones of Hogwarts.

    Sex and the Single Wizard 2009

  • Celestial Four sashayed forward, her silver and blue gown rippling like water over her rounded curves.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Then there was saucy Mike Newell, director of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, whose camera candidly appraised the bottoms of the beautiful French girls from Beauxbatons Academy as they sashayed across the flagstones of Hogwarts.

    Sex and the Single Wizard 2009

  • General George E. Stratemeyer, the Far East Air Force commander, was so transfixed by her appearance that he just sat there “drooling egg down his chin” as she sashayed past his table.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • The destructive force unleashed by the Pentagon's collaboration with the leftist agenda is apparent from the circus created when homosexual activists like Dan Choi sashayed over to the Times Square recruiting center to make a political point in the short period in which the Phillips order was effective.

    The Washington Times' disgusting DADT editorial Adam Serwer 2010

  • Celestial Four sashayed forward, her silver and blue gown rippling like water over her rounded curves.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

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