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noun

strut

a proud stiff pompous gait

In a sentence

Six example sentences with strut, each labelled with its topic.

  • The singer crossed the stage with a strut that told the front row exactly how the second half would go.

    Music

  • After the dunk he walked back with a strut, chin up, refusing to look at the bench that had doubted him.

    Basketball

  • The character is written entirely in his strut: shoulders back, slow steps, a man convinced the corridor belongs to him.

    Movies

  • The turkey's strut across the clearing, tail fanned and steps stiff, warns other males off the whole meadow.

    Environment

  • The mayor's strut down the parade route, chin high and arms swinging, told the crowd he expected reelection.

    Politics

  • Dickens introduces the clerk by his strut, a stiff little march down the counting house that fools nobody.

    Literature

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