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Example sentences for "sauntered"

Lexicographically close words:
saule; saules; saumon; saunt; saunter; sauntering; saunterings; saunters; saunz; sauour
  1. They sauntered along the avenue that was bordered with rose-bushes, and several minutes went by before either of them spoke.

  2. I sauntered up to the school-room windows, and stared in at the empty room, and at the long desks, which looked strange and unfamiliar.

  3. On the first day of the second week of the holidays, I had sauntered away from the house, and was hunting for nuts in a little wood or plantation, not far from the grounds of Squire Aveling.

  4. With an elaborately casual air, Allen sauntered over to the morose individual.

  5. And while they were wondering if it would be possible to slip over to the corrals for a closer look at the horses, Mr. Nelson sauntered up to them, with handsome Andy Rawlinson keeping diffidently a little in the rear.

  6. Alice, as they sauntered along the beach, stopping occasionally to pick up pebbles and to dig wells.

  7. Pet himself felt rather lonesome working on his neighbor's claim, so he sauntered down the creek, and got a kind word from almost every man.

  8. The boys dropped in pleasantly, two or three at a time, and drank merrily with each other; and the two or three who were not drinking men sauntered in to compare notes with the others.

  9. Then he sauntered out of the iron gate to Fred's house.

  10. Everard sauntered about the neighbourhood, and presently found himself in the gardens of Chelsea Hospital.

  11. The afternoon being sunny, instead of walking straight to the station, to return home, he went out on to the Embankment, and sauntered round by Chelsea Bridge Road.

  12. When he had finished, he sauntered up to the wooden bridge that led to the bathing cabins and sat down on the upper rail, hooking one foot behind the lower one.

  13. His face betrayed neither pleasure nor surprise as he sauntered along the path, until he was close to her.

  14. Primrose sauntered out and sat down on the doorstep, feeling very strange and lonely, and resenting a little the knowledge of having been crowded out.

  15. Afterward she sauntered round with a guilty feeling.

  16. Bok's love for nature pleased the artist and when he recognized the cat that sauntered up, he could see that he was making headway.

  17. We sauntered about till late in the afternoon, and then returned to the hotel for coffee before going to the concert, which began at seven.

  18. We sauntered round the grass plat in front of it until Liszt called us to come in and sit by him, which we did until he was ready to go.

  19. With no look towards the bed where Poppy lay, he left the table then, and sauntered to the walls, from which he stripped the wonderful chalk drawings and flung them in ribbons to the floor.

  20. At this opportune moment Carson sauntered round the corner and joined them, and Mrs. Gruyere's face became so like a Bougainvillea flower that there was hardly any difference, except that the Bougainvillea was prettier.

  21. Men in loose white ducks and flannels sauntered along, or stood smoking and talking under the shop awnings.

  22. Sam lowered the light and sauntered back into the outer room, remarking lazily to Yox: "If I were you I wouldn't sport this thing around too openly.

  23. I laid down a quarter, took a cigar from the case, forgot to light it, and sauntered into the street with it still in my hand.

  24. When, therefore, the anticipated moment arrived and Sam sauntered out from one aisle and Rosenthal from another, I merely pulled myself together to the point of making myself agreeable to the rather unpromising subject of my present interest.

  25. Then she walked slowly down the hill and sauntered along under the chestnut trees.

  26. He sauntered up the road at an easy pace; and Cherrie lingered at the gate, admiring his tall and elegant figure, and thinking, with an exultant heart beating, what a happy and lucky girl she was.

  27. It is the carryall from Redmon come for you," said Charley, who had sauntered up.

  28. Even the paleness and hollow-eyedness was not noticeable after he had shaved and dressed, and partaken of his breakfast, and sauntered out, swinging his cane and smoking his cigar, to kill thought in the bustling streets of the town.

  29. He sauntered lazily up the hillside-path, cut across the fields, and let down the bars as he had been directed, putting them conscientiously up again.

  30. He took his hat and sauntered out, pausing in the shop-door to stare at the sky.

  31. He sauntered on unsuspiciously, never dreaming he was sealing his own fate, Val Blake had no compunctions about entrapping him.

  32. Even Nathalie laughed at the idea of Miss Nettleby hard-working and sensible; and that young lady and her escort sauntered leisurely on to the breezy seashore.

  33. Hands in pockets, Joseph sauntered to a seat.

  34. Bob sauntered through it, his hands in his pockets, observant of nothing; now and then a word escaped his lips, generally an oath.

  35. Whatever may have been the state of my mind a few moments before, I was now mad in earnest, and with every bit of my latent obstinacy aroused, I sauntered out on to the porch.

  36. For a man had sauntered carelessly in her direction and finally stopped behind her.

  37. Pascualo was whistling unconcernedly as he sauntered up to the Mayflower.

  38. One beautiful morning I sauntered out from my hotel, with a friend, who was also a stranger in Paris.

  39. After a frugal dinner at the inn, I sauntered still further into the country, so as, if possible, to get a glimpse of the farm-houses.

  40. One of my first days in Paris I sauntered out to find some American newspapers, that I might know something of what had transpired in America for weeks previous.

  41. Philip turned their steps this way, and they sauntered along the winding footpath that followed down the side of the falls.

  42. Then, swiftly she thrust something back into the earth, smoothed the little heap level, rose from tying her shoe, and lightly sauntered on her way.

  43. Presently she sauntered off slowly, leaving a promise that she would dine with them that evening.

  44. Music and conversation faded away when she sauntered into the music saloon.

  45. Tryon sauntered over to the doorway tenanted by the man in grey, who appeared to be delightfully impervious to the fact that he was the only person on the scene not in evening dress.

  46. He sauntered over to a wagon and picked up a heavy whip.

  47. Hardly had we been in our cell half an hour, when a convict sauntered down the gallery and looked in.

  48. He sauntered along, threading the strung-out crowd, and I noticed that his course and mine would cross each other.

  49. They passed along those endless corridors to the back doors, through which law compels the boys to emerge, and sauntered down between the Fives Courts.

  50. Then he took a long swim in the bay, and, later, sauntered through the town.

  51. WHEN THE DEVIL WAS WELL The Devil locked the copper gates of Hell one night, and sauntered down a Spacian pathway.

  52. After eating a hearty breakfast of bacon and eggs and coffee, he, having plenty of time yet to spare, mozied out into the elemental downpour, and sauntered to his office.

  53. Then they sauntered arm in arm down the broad pavement leading from Pall Mall to the Duke of York's column.


  54. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sauntered" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.