Thesaurus / saunter
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That very same afternoon, wandering about the station, I chanced to saunter into the ticket-office.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 147, NOVEMBER 4, 1914VARIOUSTo post a letter you did not merely saunter to the post-office and drop it into the box.
AULD LICHT IDYLLSJ. M. BARRIEHis quick pace dropped to a leisurely saunter; he strolled on.
TRISTRAM OF BLENTANTHONY HOPELet's saunter along the beach, and sit down a bit, my Queen Bee.
FIFTY-TWO STORIES FOR GIRLSVARIOUSHe began to saunter idly up and down, blowing the remains of a cigarette out of a small amber mouthpiece.
THE CONQUEST OF ROMEMATILDE SERAOEmily Louise had seen her starting, with sidewise glance and lingering saunter should any be meaning to overtake her.
EMMY LOUGEORGE MADDEN MARTINI used to saunter through the corridor that led to her rooms, startled yet pleased if Ernestine came out on an errand.
LAZARREMARY HARTWELL CATHERWOODHe would saunter past, up the stairs, and into the Bumpus dining-room, often before the family had finished their evening meal.
THE DWELLING PLACE OF LIGHT, COMPLETEWINSTON CHURCHILLI should saunter into Tat's' like a swell, and ask them if they couldn't find me a raw colt to try my hand on for a wager.
SOMEHOW GOODWILLIAM DE MORGANWeve got three or four hours to spare before we take the train back to town,suppose we take a saunter through the grounds?
THE SORROWS OF SATANMARIE CORELLIWORDS RELATED TO SAUNTER
- be inactive
- be indolent
- be slothful
- be unoccupied
- bum
- bum around
- dally
- dillydally
- dream
- drift
- evade
- fool around
- fritter away
- goldbrick
- hang out
- kill time
- knock around
- let down
- lie
- loaf
- loiter
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around
- malinger
- not lift a finger
- pass time
- piddle
- relax
- saunter
- shirk
- sit around
- slack
- slow down
- stall
- stand around
- stroll
- take it easy
- trifle
- twiddle thumbs
- vegetate
- waste time
- while away hours
- amble
- be dilatory
- be long
- be tardy
- crawl
- dally
- dawdle
- dillydally
- drift
- falter
- fool around
- fritter away
- goof off
- hang around
- hang out
- hesitate
- hobble
- idle
- lag
- loll
- lumber
- mope
- mosey
- plod
- poke
- procrastinate
- put off
- putter
- remain
- saunter
- shuffle
- sit around
- slouch
- stagger
- stay
- stick around
- stop
- stroll
- take one's time
- tarry
- tool
- totter
- trail
- traipse
- trifle
- trudge
- vacillate
- wait
- wait around
- ambled
- crawled
- dallied
- dawdled
- dillydallied
- drifted
- faltered
- fool around
- frittered away
- goof off
- hesitated
- hobbled
- hung around
- hung out
- idled
- lagged
- lolled
- lumbered
- moped
- moseyed
- plodded
- poked
- procrastinated
- put off
- puttered
- remained
- sat around
- sauntered
- shuffled
- slouched
- staggered
- stayed
- stopped
- strolled
- stuck around
- tarried
- took one's time
- tooled
- tottered
- trailed
- traipsed
- trifled
- trudged
- vacillated
- waited
- waited around
- was dilatory
- was long
- was tardy
- ambles
- crawls
- dallies
- dawdles
- dillydallies
- drifts
- falters
- fool around
- fritters away
- goof off
- hangs around
- hangs out
- hesitates
- hobbles
- idles
- is dilatory
- is long
- is tardy
- lags
- lolls
- lumbers
- mopes
- moseys
- plods
- pokes
- procrastinates
- puts off
- putters
- remains
- saunters
- shuffles
- sits around
- slouches
- staggers
- stays
- sticks around
- stops
- strolls
- takes one's time
- tarries
- tools
- totters
- trails
- traipses
- trifles
- trudges
- vacillates
- waits
- waits around
- be inactive
- be indolent
- be slothful
- be unoccupied
- bum
- bum around
- dally
- dillydally
- dream
- drift
- evade
- fool around
- fritter away
- goldbrick
- hang out
- idle
- kill time
- knock around
- laze
- let down
- lie
- loiter
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around
- malinger
- not lift a finger
- pass time
- piddle
- relax
- saunter
- shirk
- sit around
- slack
- slow down
- stall
- stand around
- stroll
- take it easy
- trifle
- twiddle thumbs
- vegetate
- waste time
- while away hours
- ambled
- dabbled
- dallied
- dawdled
- delayed
- diddled
- dragged
- flagged
- frittered away
- got no place fast
- halted
- hovered
- idled
- lagged
- lingered
- loafed
- lolled
- lounged
- passed time
- paused
- poked
- procrastinated
- put off
- rambled
- sauntered
- shambled
- shuffled
- slackened
- sloughed
- tarried
- trailed
- traipsed
- waited
- waste time
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