How to Use mosey in a Sentence

mosey

verb
  • He moseyed up to the bar.
  • Collin moseyed back to the ranch house and waited.
    — Jon Billman, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2017
  • For dessert, mosey your way a few blocks down to The Whisky Club.
    — Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2023
  • Bison mosey on either side of the road, swinging their dainty tails.
    — Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Officers wanted to help get the bear safely out of the area by helping give the bear space to mosey along.
    — CBS News, 25 Apr. 2022
  • And in the morning, mosey over to the Waiting Room for a latte and a scone.
    — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Yet, there’s reason to worry about when or if the golf gods will mosey up to the cathedral’s ornate door and knock again.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2021
  • In late afternoon, just before shops close, the burros mosey back into the hills.
    — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Cue that John Williams theme because dinosaurs are moseying across your screens again.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Anyone can mosey on down to their local pub and shoulder in with their fellow revelers.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Dylan often moseys cheerfully through the house with a torn soccer ball hanging from his mouth.
    — Heather Cocks, Redbook, 7 July 2011
  • After dinner, guests will mosey over to the casino for a chance to win some prizes at the black jack, poker, roulette or craps tables.
    — Faye Reeder, star-telegram, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Finally, after going back far enough, the branch peeled away to reveal some wildlife moseying by.
    — Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2024
  • He could be caught moseying back in transition, catching his breath at a time when the Wolves needed him.
    — Ben Golliver and Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 13 Sep. 2017
  • As for the living roaches, two were crawling on a prep area wall, two moseyed under an oven and four were by a prep kitchen ice machine.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The pair moseyed the budget-friendly aisles, going from consumers to culture jammers in the process.
    — Mariella Rudi, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • All around, parents and kids moseyed through Linscott Park, stopping to picnic or ride the swings.
    — Alysa Guffey, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
  • While Butler hustled to the spot Wilson fired at, Kearse moseyed at a gear past walk-through.
    — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 28 Jan. 2018
  • The hero dog was distracted by a brown horse on the other side of the parking lot fence, who moseyed over to see what his fellow mammals were up to.
    — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Sara Westfall's 5-year-old daughter was the first to spot Rex moseying down the sidewalk.
    — Alina Hartounian, NPR, 18 May 2026
  • After each of the five items was auctioned off, Gomez moseyed over to the winning bidders to congratulate them.
    — Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Kevin Costner's John Dutton may have moseyed on into the sunset.
    — EW.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • In December, a colleague moseyed by my desk to ask about my beware-of-the-planner article.
    — Emily Baumgaertner, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2020
  • The bear takes a final look around before finally moseying through the gate and out into the street (straight toward two unsecured trash cans).
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Just mosey on down the block to Goldy’s Corner for a cuppa joe and an appetizing pastry and wait for a table.
    — Dana Oland, idahostatesman, 21 May 2018
  • The video shows a handful of cows moseying around the neighborhood while families stood outside to marvel at the strange occurrence.
    — Ricky Pinela, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Spend a quintessential small-town day moseying through the local shops and boutiques on historic Main Street.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Spend a quintessential small-town day moseying through the local shops and boutiques on historic Main Street.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
  • No worries, just mosey on down the block to Goldy’s Corner for a cuppa joe and an appetizing pastry and wait for a table.
    — Dana Oland, idahostatesman, 14 Mar. 2018
  • There were more than a dozen giraffes moseying in the early morning sun, their stature made all the more astounding by their unexpected multitude.
    — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026

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