Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for goose-stepping
Verb
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Cena’s chrome-domed antihero, Freddie Stroma’s Vigilante and and Danielle Brooks’ Adebayo stomping through spots of light.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
21 Aug. 2025 -
No velvet rope, no fourth wall—just boot-stomping, beer-sign neon and crowd-absorption tech.—
Bob Bonniol,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
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Ohio State’s win against Texas is still fine, but the Longhorns have looked disappointing, too, after trudging through a 27-10 win against UTEP.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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In the engaging trailer that continues the sinister tale of Vault-Tec, The Ghoul arrives in New Vegas alongside Lucy MacLean (Ella Purnell) and Dogmeat, trudging into the outskirts of New Vegas.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The first step of doing that would be creating a unique conversation ID at the first touch and stamping it on every chat, call, portal click and email.—
Tayfun Bilsel,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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While 10 teams across South America, Asia, Oceania have already joined hosts Canada, Mexico and the United States in stamping their ticket to next June’s tournament, everything is still to play for in European qualifying.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Eagles quickly capitalized, marching 59 yards before Jalen Hurts scored on a quarterback sneak to extend the lead to 20-10.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Always one of my favorite weeks, the biscuits came marching in looking predictably tasty.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2025
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Creating stores of reliable data and the systems needed to power them—the core of most companies’ ongoing digital transformation efforts—is plodding work.—
Emily Acton,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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On top of this, the game’s plodding pace, laborious puzzles, and sluggish character movement left us at the edge of our wits, rather than our seats.—
Echo Apsey,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Moroney has been following in Wilson’s footsteps as representative of a thrilling new wave of country women — and freshman artist Langley has been treading in Moroney’s steps just about as quickly.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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Photo courtesy of Toyota The RAV4 is more chiseled and edgy, treading the line between utility and mainstream styling.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Daedone, using the hashtags #ErosOnTrial, #EroticJustice, #liberation, and #womenspower, frequently posted on Instagram, showing pictures and slow-motion videos of herself and Cherwitz, often flanked by female OneTaste supporters, striding into the courthouse.—
Thessaly La Force,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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He was also filmed confidently striding up to a group of several other dogs, engaging all of them in a game of chase in the water.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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But as progressive movements swept through social media, others were tossed off Twitter and Facebook for stepping over a variety of lines, from allegations of harassment to claims of election misinformation.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Doja Cat is certainly stepping her kitty up.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Goose-stepping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose-stepping. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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