mosey

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Recent Examples of mosey The inspector counted another eight flies and two roaches moseying on the floor under a condiment storage rack. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025 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 Evening After moseying back to your hotel, have a memorable last dinner at Muir’s signature restaurant, Drift. Anna Haines, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 One of their prizes for the 1998 victory was a headline set at a nearby pub, where 300 people moseyed in to see the 17-year-olds play their set. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for mosey
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mosey
Verb
  • Edwards drained a long 2-pointer on the next possession to wrap it up, sauntering to the edge of the court during a timeout to encourage the crowd to get even louder.
    Khobi Price, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Fans even saw Sol up close and personal when the singer momentarily vanished from the stage and sauntered down the aisle.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The elephant strolled in from the nearby national park, Kha Yai, and is a familiar sight in the Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand, the Associated Press reported.
    Rachel Flynn, People.com, 4 June 2025
  • It’s said that as a young and then unknown designer, Christian Dior, strolled past the Hôtel Plaza Athénée on a breezy afternoon.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 3 June 2025
Verb
  • Across the street, walking to their apartments, Marta Becerra, 50, and Margarita Mota, 60, said people from the parking structure had wandered into their apartment complex, stealing bicycles and other items from people’s porches.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
  • Any Colorado wolves that wander into Utah, New Mexico or Arizona will be retrieved and brought back to the Centennial State, under agreements state wildlife officials inked with those neighboring states.
    Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • When New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza intentionally walked a pinch-hitting Freddie Freeman in front of him in a tie game in the eighth inning, there wasn’t much consternation.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 June 2025
  • As the show airs, fans get to cast votes for their favorite couples, and one winning pair walks away with $100,000.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • Also, giant monster skeletons stride across the city.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 24 May 2025
  • But the biker strides up to the bar just as Colin is buying drinks and orders a few bags of chips for the crew playing darts.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025

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“Mosey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mosey. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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