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

Days later, he broke out Olajuwon’s signature close-range shimmy, known as the “Dream Shake.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 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

The ostrich tipped its head from side to side, and gave a little shimmy with its broad, feathered tail.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

“Last Night” shimmies its way toward an eventual crescendo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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

She widened eyes and captured hearts in January 2019, intersecting back handsprings with shimmies to R&B and pop music, a grin shining the entire way through en route to scoring a perfect 10.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2022

He feints and shimmies and dances, the ball never leaving his spell.

From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 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

“She just pushed that duct tape up and shimmied right out of that chair,” Roebuck recalls.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

In Paris, onstage at the Accor Arena, Dean shimmied and swayed, tossed her hair with her hands and spurred the crowd to sing along.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

But soon after the scientists — of the trained, in-training and citizen variety — shimmied large nets that functioned as sieves into the brackish water, gleeful cries began to ring out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025

She looked down one more time, then stepped onto a metal beam that at one point must have been a part of the second-floor ceiling, gasping when it shimmied under her feet.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Creating stronger flexibility, groundedness and rank body odor, shimmying around in 105 degree heat is having a wild, wild wellness moment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 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

They scored their first major hit with Mas Que Nada, a sun-kissed cover of a Jorge Ben original, full of finger clicks, shimmying shakers and an ebullient chorus that sings of the urge to dance.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2024

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

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff