waltzed

past tense of waltz

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Verb
  • Ortiz bopped 208 in his first five seasons with the Red Sox.
    Jayson Stark, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • At 16, Avtan bopped around her bedroom in West Hills to the digital hardcore and gabber of acts like Lolita Storm.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • Sarah was sent to a mental hospital, and the boys were shuffled among family members, ending up with their penniless grandmother in Kentucky.
    Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026
  • As soon as the game wrapped up, those guests shuffled out, and hours later were replaced by a rowdier group ordering shots at the bar, dancing to 2000s hits in front of the DJ booth and smoking vape pens on the outdoor patio.
    Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Then Surge zipped through a tunnel and pranced around the ring.
    Ross Mantle, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • Troy — who is a Pony of the Americas, according to his owners, the Beaulieu family — pranced around his yard upon exiting the hospital trailer, receiving pets and apples.
    Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • On June 26, the actress strutted her stuff during Vetements's Spring 2027 menswear show in Paris.
    Hannah Malach, InStyle, 27 June 2026
  • America's Next Top Model star Kayla Ferrel Onder once strutted the runway for Tyra Banks' judgment on two different cycles of the reality competition series.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • The high school musical romance Grease hand-jived its way into theaters during the summer of 1978.
    Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
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“Waltzed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waltzed. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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