How to Use saunter in a Sentence

saunter

verb
  • He sauntered into the store.
  • They sauntered slowly down the street.
  • No need to saunter over with skills already.
    — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Willing my happy boy to saunter down the aisle back to his seat.
    — Julie M. Green, Washington Post, 1 July 2019
  • Hinch sauntered from the dugout, the bases now full with nobody out.
    — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 12 May 2018
  • His son saunters over and gives Brady a kiss on the lips and walks away.
    — Geoffrey C. Arnold, OregonLive.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • But the cat is so busy chasing its tail, the mouse saunters away and curls up for a nap.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Strasburg sauntered back for the bottom half with much more room to work.
    — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Follow that with his quote about show biz combined with the showgirls who saunter by?
    — Anna Chan, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Snails then saunter by leisurely and consume the feces, along with the fluke eggs.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The dog saunters across the living room, looks back at us and then dives into our bed to sleep.
    — Refinery29 Australia Team, refinery29.com, 15 Jan. 2024
  • And sometime in between them is when Cameron sauntered over to me.
    — Nicole Karlis, Marie Claire, 18 Aug. 2017
  • The badger saunters to the edge of the tunnel, pausing at the edge.
    — Anna Bauman, SFChronicle.com, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Kelce sauntered over to the opposite end of the field and greeted fans there.
    — Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 28 July 2024
  • So there sauntered Judge, one of the most stoic sluggers in a sport full of them.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Waters sauntered onstage wearing a lime green pantsuit with a pair of high-heeled pumps.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
  • Texas sauntered out of the locker room looking dead-on-arrival.
    — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 25 Jan. 2020
  • In the video, the bear saunters up to the door and quickly makes away with the delivery bag in its mouth.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
  • On the other side of the split screen, the dog sauntered into the shot and sat on Jen’s legs.
    — Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 1 June 2020
  • In another video, the lion sauntered down a sidewalk at night as a car drove past.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
  • After a quarter of an hour, the bass line sauntered instead of shuffling.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 13 Mar. 2025
  • She’d almost been arrested once trying to saunter through their lobbies to the sand.
    — Joy Williams, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Paddington sauntered onstage and blinked.
    — Anna Russell, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The two sauntered off into the darkness before any of the outreach team could approach them.
    — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2019
  • Gosling took off his hat, plopped it on the head of an audience member (his sister), and sauntered up to the stage.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Jack and Tori finally saunter in and everyone is pissed at Jack.
    — Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Eng cheerfully sauntered into the exam room but abruptly stopped in her black heels.
    — Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Then a Yorkshire sauntered by and Pierre nearly flipped over the table.
    — New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018
  • When the bears finally sauntered off, Kilham got home with footage of the encounter.
    — Cristela Guerra, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The star sauntered down the runway in Risso’s electric yellow pop art-style gown.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2025

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