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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of saunter.

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Examples

  • Tip languished in Clifford's Inns for six months, and at the expiration of that term sauntered back one evening with his hands in his pockets, and incidentally observed to his sister that he was not going back again.

    Little Dorrit Charles Dickens 1841

  • Tip languished in Clifford’s Inns for six months, and at the expiration of that term sauntered back one evening with his hands in his pockets, and incidentally observed to his sister that he was not going back again.

    Little Dorrit 2007

  • Malaka sauntered past Romi as if to look at the candle display.

    Romiette and Julio Sharon M. Draper 1999

  • Malaka sauntered past Romi as if to look at the candle display.

    Romiette and Julio Sharon M. Draper 1999

  • Malaka sauntered past Romi as if to look at the candle display.

    Romiette and Julio Sharon M. Draper 1999

  • They kind of sauntered off down the draw when we pull off the road towards the stack.

    Hay, Now That's a Find! 2009

  • They kind of sauntered off down the draw when we pull off the road towards the stack.

    Hay, Now That's a Find! 2009

  • Then I kind of sauntered out to the back room where the hurdy-gurdy ought to be.

    Arizona Nights Stewart Edward White 1909

  • Shortly after David Wright sauntered into the Tradition Field clubhouse on a recent spring training morning with a huge smile on his face, the four-time All-Star third baseman was asked how anyone wearing a New York Mets uniform could be grinning these days.

    All-Stars may be out, but Mets aren't down 2010

  • As the 23-year-old child-actor-turned-rapper sauntered onstage to join his six-piece band, fans jammed into the aisles leading up to the stage, their trembling hands shooting iPhone videos that viewers will need a double dose of Dramamine to watch on YouTube.

    With a smirk or a scowl, Drake ignites admirers Chris Richards 2010

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