John Burroughs

To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.

American Author

Louise Linton

You can't just, boopity-boop, saunter into the Treasury. You need an appointment.

Scottish Actress

Use 'saunter' to describe a calm, confident walk, showing no urgency or rush.

Relaxed Action

'Saunter' fits best in casual or narrative writing, rather than formal documents.

Informal Contexts

Sometimes, 'saunter' suggests a lack of concern or seriousness in a situation that may require it.

Negative Implication

A 'saunter' is often an activity for relaxation or enjoyment, not just a way of walking.

Leisure Activity

A saunter lacks a clear purpose or destination; it's about enjoying the walk itself.

Purposeless Movement

Saunters often occur in visually pleasing places or as a way to socialize.

Scenic or Social

 The elk know where that line is, it's amazing. When they cross it's like they just saunter in home free but when they don't like this one on the right, the hunter shot him, he stood up, he struggled, trying to get to the line and he shot him again, he slid right to the line and the hunter said, "It's a good thing he didn't make it to the other side

How Animals and Humans...

 What they hadn't counted on was digitization, because that meant that all those paper receipts had been scanned in electronically, and it was very easy for somebody to just copy that entire database, put it on a disk, and then just saunter outside of Parliament, which they did, and then they shopped that disk

Heather Brooke: My...

 Most fly off to establish new colonies— one lands on a fallen tree, another scrambles into a crack in a house, and another climbs into a shipping crate. But some will simply saunter to sites nearby and become the monarchs of the colony’s satellite nests. With one of the longest insect lifespans,

Coneheads, egg stacks...

 and he wants it to be perfect. He's got candles out, he's got flowers in the middle and he's trying to figure out where to put the plates and the glasses. But he's not happy; something's wrong. The phone rings anyway, he's called to the palazzo. He saunters -- he saunters at a good clip,

David Macaulay: All...

 really think that he is ill I don't think he's well I remember that one day we found him lying underneath a bush and he just didn't move and this was before we had seen hooker Marie and he just didn't move for two days he lay under that Bush and then he sauntered into

Safari Live - Day 138 PIPE...

 about what he did for a living. And afterwards, we all went back to our classrooms and we drew our own renditions of his main character, Rotten Ralph. And suddenly the author appeared in our doorway, and I remember him sort of sauntering down the aisles,

Jarrett J. Krosoczka:...

 stick out your tongue, drool, and ooze some foul-smelling liquid from your anal glands. Disgusted, your assailant loosens its grip, decides you’re not the dinner it was looking for, and departs. After 10 minutes, you resurrect and merrily saunter on.

The surprising reasons...

 above her head sucking out all the water so she laid off an almighty scream and the elephant I think God as much as a fright as she did and it sort of backed up and then the sauntered off but it it obviously had a nice little drink from

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 by begging for food louder, more frequently, and with a wider mouth. Among the most benign, black-headed ducks lay their eggs in other nests to be incubated. However, a few hours after hatching, they simply saunter off.

Would you raise the bird...

 a wonderful helmet and those marvelous goggles -- and, inevitably, a white scarf, to flow in the wind. He'd always walk up to his airplane in a kind of saunter,

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