mosey
verb (used without object)
to wander or shuffle about leisurely; stroll; saunter (often followed by along, about, etc.).
moseying
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present participleof mosey.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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After a year of moseying around each other, divine intervention skewered us better than Cupid’s arrow, and we were brought together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2024
Their first crack at it, they were kind of moseying down that water.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2023
Instead of "moseying through" he was now trying to make every day "as good as it could possibly be".
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2023
In a confidently moseying delivery, she talked about falling out of the public eye and coming out of the closet on Facebook, then defensively insisted that’s just where old people are.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2022
You don’t think what it means until the time comes to say ta-ta to it all; sunny mornings, and starry nights, with the double trail of the Milky Way moseying across the sky.
From The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] by Hulbert Footner
