shimmy

You could walk through a grocery store, hear “Billie Jean” playing over the sound system, and shimmy your shoulders, feeling slightly less guilty than you might’ve during the aughts.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

"I was just trying to shimmy out from under the covers... in my mind, going, 'Is this really happening? This is so bizarre'."

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026

So he does a little shimmy and the result is humiliation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

I’m from Texas, so there’s like synergy, but I just wanted, like, a little bit of shimmy.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025

Both Midnight and Belle paw the snow, shimmy sideways, and toss their manes.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

From shoulder shimmies and frat flicks to somersaults and knee slides, the Flemings and Schifferles left it all on the dance floor to prove the prowess of their family name.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

An electric knifefish shimmies in the water for the same reason a dog sniffs or a human glances around a new place -- to make sense of their surroundings.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023

This provides a solid backdrop for incongruously dark swivels, sometimes accompanied by the kind of shimmies Steph Curry does after hitting a shot near half court.

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2022

He then shimmies down scaffolding near the church before jumping onto the rooftops of adjacent buildings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2021

I’m only a couple of steps away, but it’ll be much longer in shimmies.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

In the video, Barrymore showed off her playful side as she shimmied around her mobile living space, while giving fans a tour of its humble amenities—all while singer Enya’s “Caribbean Blue” played in the background.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

When Mom thought the oil was close, she would flick a little flour into it, and if it sizzled and shimmied just right, she knew it was ready.

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025

Here, you’ll come across the ruins of the White Point Hot Springs Hotel, where guests once lounged in hot sulfur spring-fed swimming pools and shimmied the Charleston on the veranda.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024

But a fellow concert-goer who shimmied into the shot has been targeted by a string of negative comments online about her behaviour and appearance after Kelley posted a video of the moment.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024

Shaking his head, Doha shimmied over to where his father was getting ready to return to his medical clinic to check on his patients.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

Passengers were shimmying in practically every nook and cranny in the auditorium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Because this is a low-key charity gig, the staging and lighting are minimal; but the star makes the room shrink, shimmying around in a jade green ballgown with irrepressible energy.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

Around her, dancers of all ages shook their hips to Arabic music, shimmying barefoot as a woman with a neck tattoo played the derbake, a traditional drum.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2025

From scaling rock faces and carving down snowy slopes to hoisting weights and shimmying in dance studios, here are some of of their responses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024

But what was Zane supposed to do once Marigold started shimmying up that rope?

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff