How to Use jaunt in a Sentence

jaunt

1 of 2 noun
  • Fancy a scare or a not so scary jaunt?
    — Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Of course, this home offers more than just a quick jaunt to your flight.
    — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Of course, this home offers more than just a quick jaunt to your flight.
    — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The pig slobbers mud on my right leg as Grace jaunts away.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Just grab a sweater or fleece for evening jaunts or a traipse out to the end of the breezy pier.
    — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Their jaunt in the water took a scary turn when their kayak capsized.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • Looking to tackle a longer jaunt?
    — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
  • In the minds of the day trippers, these cross-border jaunts are just fun days out.
    — Chris Lau, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
  • They were sandwiched around a 42-yard jaunt by Baez.
    — Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 20 Sep. 2025
  • So perhaps a drive in the country or a jaunt to a beach is in order.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Pack these along with your Bulldog swim trunks on your summer jaunts.
    — Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 28 June 2023
  • His blocking helps clear the path for Zamar’s jaunts.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Once-common jaunts across the border to shop are out of the picture.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Rather, the four-episode jaunt is set in the 19th century.
    — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Tricky is set for a short jaunt across North America.
    — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026
  • Richter ran for 84 yards, most of it on a 74-yard fourth-quarter jaunt.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Check out the last item for a jaunt down memory lane about the conference.
    — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 22 June 2026
  • The trick is to be present during your jaunts and pay attention to details.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • But that was nixed in favor of a glamorous wedding shoot and a jaunt to Dubai.
    — Taiia Smart Young, Essence, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Which makes his sudden midnight jaunt into the city for fresh blood a bit of a surprise.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2023
  • This recent jaunt is proof that the hybrid propulsion system works in flight.
    — [email protected], Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2023
  • For decades, the pound has been the pebble in the shoe of every London jaunt.
    — Adam Erace, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Just like that, a three-mile easy run turned into a five-mile jaunt, with the last two miles uptempo.
    — Cory Smith, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Enough with the jaunting, with the careful performance of a jaunt.
    — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • He’ll get used to that jaunt during the offseason program.
    — Mike Kaye updated May 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026
  • He’ll get used to that jaunt during the offseason program.
    — Mike Kaye may 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2026
  • Great for carrying to the car and around on a weekend jaunt—and great for rolling through the airport.
    — The Editors, Town & Country, 26 Aug. 2022
  • But more than all of that, there is a sense of emotional truth missing from this jaunt to Oz.
    — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • So be prepared for long lines at airports—leave extra time on your next jaunt to the Balearics.
    — Sarah Rappaport, Fortune, 10 July 2023
  • And 1965, except for four or five brief trout-fishing jaunts, was the same.
    — Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026

jaunt

2 of 2 verb
  • The scenes of them jaunting around their neighborhood are elating.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
  • Beckham jaunted 89 yards to a score that was all about redemption.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The resort offers a poolside bar as well as free beach cabanas and bicycle rentals to jaunt around the island.
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The Brewers’ lead was 5-1 by the time Perkins jaunted to the plate a second time.
    — Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2023
  • No need to send a ref over to a monitor or for the umps to jaunt over to the dugout to put on the silly headphones and waste 5 minutes.
    — Paul Uhls, Cincinnati.com, 3 Jan. 2020
  • The foursome jaunted around Asia on a bus on a grand post-pandemic adventure.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Our intrepid readers have jaunted off on some incredible journeys over the last year.
    — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • His new solo record is his first in 19 years and this tour is his first solo US jaunt in nearly three decades.
    — Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Piano chords that jaunt along during solos and rise above the swirling, clashing chaos, demanding to be acknowledged.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Winter is coming, and that means curtailing my cruising, but the joys of jaunting around on this sweet ride should keep me warm even as the weather grows cold.
    — WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Abrams in a white gown hugged Swift tightly and then bowed before jaunting down the catwalk to her exit point in the middle of the diamond.
    — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Thanks to these handy rosé wine pouches, those jaunting to picnics, barbecues, and other outdoor events will never have to lug a heavy bottle around again.
    — Zoe Weiner, Glamour, 23 Aug. 2017
  • The buttons proliferated, as the couple jaunted from souk to estate sale to thrift shop and bought buttons lustily.
    — Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Lily James is the bold actress tasked with playing young Streep, jaunting all over the Greek isle and singing about various beaux.
    — Yohana Desta, HWD, 21 Dec. 2017
  • These boots will keep you comfortable on your feet, whether jaunting through the airport, sightseeing, shopping, or moseying around a networking event.
    — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Chappell Roan has been flexing her beauty chameleon muscle this week while jaunting about Paris Fashion Week.
    — Mykenna Maniece, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The Holiday 100 makes its annual jolly jaunt back to Billboard’s charts menu.
    — Gary Trust, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2024
  • In the morning, check out the spa—but not before sipping an espresso on your room’s terrace or, better yet, jaunting to the main building for the (impressive) breakfast spread.
    — Laura Giannatempo, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 June 2018
  • Urbanites can simply jaunt over to The Brooklyn Botanical Garden to get their fall foliage fix.
    — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2021
  • As Bella Baxter, the actress jaunts around Victorian London with the brain of an unborn child.
    — Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
  • As an exclusive option for the highest-performance-variant TLX, this gold color is sure to cause at least some gawking while jaunting down the road.
    — Jacob Kurowicki, Car and Driver, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The couple took advantage of the break and celebrated their nine-day Pennsylvania jaunt with a spending spree, courtesy of their victim, Clerkin said.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Bruce Almighty jaunts through the travails of an ordinary person gifted the abilities of God, but there’s a cosmic horror to the prospect of a man accruing that kind of power.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
  • So five months ago, Stapleton bought a prone paddle and started training, first with smaller treks along the pier, then longer jaunts along the coastline, clocking more than 452 miles of training in recent months.
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
  • As a family prepares to jaunt from New York to Mars, the father relays all the possible dangers and crazy theories about what exactly happens during the process.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 12 June 2024
  • Voyages call upon fewer ports—guests jaunt through yachting playgrounds like Bodrum, Turkey; Malta; Dominica; and Guadeloupe—but linger in each setting.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Sass is back to defend his title in the race, which began Saturday with a fan-friendly 11-mile (18-kilometer) jaunt through the streets of Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city.
    — Mark Thiessen, ajc, 4 Mar. 2023
  • This leads the author on a quest to understand the ways that different cultures have created social hierarchies, which then prompts DuVernay to jaunt across history with sweep and surprising dexterity.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2024
  • From the moment that good Doctor Stephen Maturin (Paul Bettany) spots the French frigate Acheron while jaunting across the Galapagos to the start of the funeral for the fallen crew of the Surprise is 20 minutes exactly.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 24 June 2026
  • There’s also The Italian Restaurant located within the 6,100-square-foot entertainment complex that serves classic Italian comfort dishes (during idle times while dining, kids can feel free to jaunt toward the arcade for a round of air hockey before the plate of rigatoni is served).
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026

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