Example Sentences

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Passengers were shimmying in practically every nook and cranny in the auditorium.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Creating stronger flexibility, groundedness and rank body odor, shimmying around in 105 degree heat is having a wild, wild wellness moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Because this is a low-key charity gig, the staging and lighting are minimal; but the star makes the room shrink, shimmying around in a jade green ballgown with irrepressible energy.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Around her, dancers of all ages shook their hips to Arabic music, shimmying barefoot as a woman with a neck tattoo played the derbake, a traditional drum.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

The badger paddled to the riverbank and waddled out of the water, shimmying her fur.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman