saunter
verb (used without object)
to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll.
is sauntering
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present progressiveof saunter (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Dustin Johnson is sauntering around Augusta without too much of a care.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2020
The Marquis of Halifax, in his character of Charles II., has exhibited a trait in the royal character of a good-natured monarch; that trait, is sauntering.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli
This here gold-tooth boy he tells me this while I is sauntering through the steak.
From J. Poindexter, Colored by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
Redbud is sauntering over the sward, and listening to the wind in the beautiful fallwoods, when, from those woods which stretch toward the West, emerges a figure, which immediately rivets her attention.
From The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier by John Esten Cooke
Not unfrequently, as the sea-side visitor is sauntering about on the sands, one of these birds seems to take offence at its dominion being invaded.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns
