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
And just at this moment Moses is sauntering home from Captain Kittridge's in company with Sally, for Mara has sent him to bring her to tea with them.
From The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
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 Johns, Rev. C. A.
This here gold-tooth boy he tells me this while I is sauntering through the steak.
From J. Poindexter, Colored by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
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 Cooke, John Esten
