How to Use sashay in a Sentence

sashay

1 of 2 verb
  • The model sashayed down the runway.
  • She sashayed into the room.
  • One roach sashayed across the main kitchen prep area floor.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Orange feather boas sashayed away to the best seats.
    — Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • So, who will sashay away and who will live to slay another day?
    — oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2022
  • At last Sun Ra sashayed onstage.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • During this final episode, which queens will slay and which will sashay away?
    — oregonlive, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The women who sashay through the newsrooms show plenty of leg and spout lots of sass.
    — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Below, a handful of women and small children sashay across the stage.
    — Jessica Klein, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2019
  • But one star was sadly left all alone when she was asked to sashay away from the competition.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Look at Dancing Queen — sashayed away off one show and walked onto my own.
    — Justin Curto, PEOPLE.com, 1 July 2019
  • Gazza with a sashaying run in his own half and a ball straight to Lineker’s feet.
    — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 18 June 2026
  • Four roaches sashayed across the floor under the three-compartment sink.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Four living roaches also sashayed around those aluminum trays.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Cox gave us twirls, sashays, hair flips, and dramatic poses up and down the entire length of the runway.
    — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Feb. 2019
  • Even as a kid he was struck by the glitter of sunlight on the backs of caimans and the giant anteaters who sashayed among termite mounds.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Non-flyers won’t be able to just sashay into the secure side of the airport, however.
    — Harriet Baskas, NBC News, 2 Sep. 2017
  • Rapinoe then sashayed in front of the stadium’s north end stands with arms wide in celebration.
    — Jayda Evans, The Seattle Times, 1 July 2017
  • On a recent, balmy morning, palm trees swayed along the beachfront promenade as gray-haired dancers twirled and sashayed about.
    — Amy Qin, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2017
  • However, the event is only taking the stage in Chicago for a few short months and will soon sashay away.
    — Kate Perez, USA Today, 21 Dec. 2025
  • See this queen in full body confidence mode and get inspired to sashay around your own space in a similar carefree way at any age.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 27 May 2021
  • This time, of the five live roaches, the least shy sashayed across the floor in front of the cookline and crawled under a dining area table.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
  • In other words, the bridge-and-tunnel crowd will soon be lining up to get in once again, while those in the know will sashay right past the bouncer.
    — Horacio Silva, Town & Country, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Dancers shook leg rattles and women in white skirts and lavender coats twirled and sashayed up the street, the paint on their faces smeared and runny from the rain.
    — Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2019
  • The third takes one look at his ensemble and is immediately in love, sashaying away.
    — Nico Lang, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Mar. 2017
  • Her fears seem legitimate, given the queens who sashay into the workroom this season.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2018
  • No longer would the competition come down to track records or performance, but to the queens who sashayed away earlier this season.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Take that advice and mosey inside the dance hall, where music lovers sashay across the floor of a structure built nearly a century ago.
    — Pam Leblanc, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Monique was still in the game as of Episode 5 Thursday night, while Mayhem Miller was asked to sashay away.
    — Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, kansascity, 20 Apr. 2018
  • During the show, the models sashayed down the screen with their outfits draped on their headless, three-dimensional bodies.
    — Aisha Salaudeen, CNN, 25 May 2020

sashay

2 of 2 noun
  • Platforms, knee-high boots, booties and daunting stilettos sashay across a scuffed floor.
    — Daniela Franco Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 24 June 2022
  • Long scarves are a key styling detail, wrapped around the neck or waist, with swishy tassels that sashay with each step.
    — Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Then Joanna did the sashay and shante in front of Alexa’s judgmental eye.
    — Geoffrey A. Fowler, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2017
  • The sashay is also a square dance figure in which the partners take sideways steps to circle each other.
    — John E. McIntyre, baltimoresun.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Duarte watched Kitara sashay before the audience and lip sync a few numbers.
    — Marina Dias, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Selena Gomez coos about self-care over music that inspires only slight sashays.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Every so often, the dead monarchs and their court sashay out of the past to offer unsubtle commentary.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The animal kingdom has no shortage of dance moves, from flamingoes’ synchronized sashays to the waltzes of scorpions.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Designers have long counted on Campbell to bring their creations to life, her inimitable sashay adding a special touch to countless collections.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2020
  • An existing relationship can take an extra steamy turn this week as Venus makes its final sashay across Leo’s fiery constellation.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Certainly, the way that guy fashioned his pants—tight, tapered; made for a lush, unhurried sashay—suggested joy more than pain, bold self-expression more than colonial objectification.
    — Raksha Vasudevan, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 May 2023
  • The popular Miami Beach bar and restaurant has been the place for glamorous drag queens to sashay and strut their stuff, entertaining patrons and tourists alike on the Ocean Drive strip.
    — Johnny Diaz, Sun-Sentinel.com, 29 June 2017
  • Sagittarius season begins on November 22 as the Sun enters the Archer’s court for a monthlong sashay through your eleventh house of group activity and friendship.
    — ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Marine biologist Jacinta Shackleton caught its elegant sashay in action.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 22 Jan. 2022
  • That’s the playground in which Kate and Marine sashay and pirouette around one another, while navigating their budding sexualities, fleeting romantic interests and respective desires to whisk away the grand prize.
    — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Choreographers Arturo Lyons and Omari Wiles have these confident contestants shine with struts, sashays, splits, dips, duckwalks, vogueing and death-drops, each trying to outdo the other, urged on by a rapturous crowd.
    — Frank Rizzo, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The louche festivities provoke dangerous gamesmanship, and scenes with a jazz band and a lively singer (Sophie Oliver) capture the evening’s reckless spirit, as Hedda coaxes couples onto the dance floor and then struts and sashays among and between them.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025

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