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    1. ’ He replied, grabbing my elbow quickly as I trip over a strut of wood at the bottom of the stairs


    2. the door slams on a gas strut,


    3. From time to time she watched the new world of alien features and fads strut and crow and found it all strangely attractive, but the rules of the game quite prevented her from embracing such energy and liveliness


    4. she watched the new world of alien features and fads strut and crow


    5. After seeing Half Pint strut through the animal hospital with his deformities and hearing his story, she decided to try to keep her cat alive and asked the doc


    6. I watched her strut away, saluting in the dust sprinkled air, while sunrays, like flares, lit the battlefield ablaze with the fall of a noble queen


    7. I strutted to the middle of the break circle and cockily hop danced to, “Electric kingdom” that was blasting through the tweeters and woofers while my crew was eagerly watching me strut


    8. When the men went to bed drunk that night, Roland kept the village children entertained with imitations of their peacock’s strut and harsh accents


    9. been the dread of many a disjointed man with no soul in his feet to be called up onto centre stage and strut his stuff


    10. Daringly, I strut toward him

    11. watching the current dancer downstairs strut her


    12. to show off and strut about with trophies on our belts


    13. chance to show off and strut about with trophies on


    14. tonight about my strut


    15. But whereas I can fly high up into the sky, all you can do is to strut about on the ground


    16. Fucking Stewart Fry is not all he is cracked up to be,” the two of you strut out of the camp


    17. What a great way to start the Shabbath morning, he thinks as he watches the girls strut away, giggling and whispering cruelly as ever


    18. He spotted a few already but this 1 seemed to be fresh, flowers tied tightly with string around an iron strut


    19. Seven didn’t answer, he just pointed to the strut of the wing


    20. below the wing and reach out and grab the strut, the piece that attaches the

    21. to let go of the strut


    22. strut and shout and chew


    23. The warriors strut


    24. and I want it in NOW! I'm not paying your men to strut around and pose


    25. Every strut, every girder, every plank was checked


    26. They watched the ladies strut down the street with large hats atop their heads and hands full of shopping bags


    27. ‘He used the strut around as if he was a king,’ growled Brackenberry


    28. “You should see her strut her stuff on stage


    29. ” John gave the strut a slight nudge


    30. It was obviously a man by the size of his arms, but one who walked with a feminine strut, in shiny, black high heels

    31. suppressed a smug smile and merely nodded as he watched her strut


    32. The bustard persevered its slow, butch strut towards Camilla, his eyes fixed


    33. The Germans were masters now of the whole mainland of Western Europe and had reason to strut with pride in an amazing feat of conquest


    34. And he did strut until the brothers had taken all that they thought they could take, so they thought


    35. harder with every strut


    36. The ‘sport’ in question is of the Turkish variety where with grand ceremony, dozens of blokes, burly as carthorses with arms of boiled ham, strut into the ring in their pants, oil each other up and then squirm around trying to get a grip on each other’s tackle


    37. She would tastefully strut her


    38. A strut held the window partly open; if he could manage to lift it off without being heard, he could probably be on top of the man before he could raise the alarm


    39. plate, strut and noggin testify to a common origin


    40. When youth and beauty boldly strut the stage,

    41. “No wonder men hate women, they pick the worst pieces of shit just because they have the biggest mouth and strut around like a fucking jackass


    42. She moved to the floor with him to strut her stuff


    43. The hole was about two meters across with a single strut bisecting it


    44. Looking back made the grand strut a lie


    45. If she could have she would have attempted the Tina strut as well, but at a hundred and ten kilometres an hour, and with her special cargo in the back, caution prevailed


    46. She could strut later if she wanted to


    47. Then she would certainly have something to strut about


    48. Okay, that was so cool to me! We were able to watch kudu at play, guinea fowl strut by, and baboons swing from tree to tree…ah, the awesome wonders of Mother Africa!


    49. My strut told the goon squad that without me for the next four games, they were


    50. He finally saw her and reached out—his thin, outstretched arm wavering like the strut of a ship’s mast in a storm




























    1. The massive rings of the extractor, the web of struts around the containment sphere and the tower of capsules standing above it


    2. The dogs spun home with a whine and over the span of the next few minutes, the struts would re-connect under the ministrations of a swarm of bots


    3. He struts down the sidewalk


    4. Opts to only glare as Jayson struts to his car, gets in and PEELS away from the curb


    5. He put his finger on a city- block entrance and it suddenly expanded within the metre frame, then pushed inside to see the bare-bones structure: support struts and buckycarbon nanotube side frame


    6. It tickled him slightly to think of Roidon having to cope with a massive head, support struts and the like


    7. We had three Bristol fighters fueled up and ready to go, with a full load of machine-gun ammunition, and three rockets mounted on each outer pair of wing struts


    8. Bumpy turbulence threw off my first shots, and the rounds chopped away at the cabane struts, all around his head, but no killing shot


    9. install cross-bars between the two front struts and on some even on the rear


    10. Same goes to installing hard struts, elevated suspensions and so on

    11. attentions to the plane, checking the landing struts


    12. To Parker, the noise of the wind through the struts rose alarmingly


    13. The twenty airplanes taxied to the arming area, one after the other, twenty engines blowing gas that could tumble a man at 100 feet, struts chattering and walking back and forth under 26 tons of bombs and fuel and airplane


    14. The first time I heard Terry’s rendering of Macbeth’s misery, cynicism and poignant insight into the folly of life… and all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty deaths…life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing! it moved me to tears


    15. to smash down, struts first, into the cold, biting sand


    16. The struts promptly snapped off


    17. the pier, leaning over the side at regular intervals to see if the cat was perched on one of the struts


    18. These act as landing struts, but also help in maneuvering, and can be used to attack


    19. He rides an elevator down, then struts over with one hand stuffed in his pocket


    20. It retained the historic character of the exposed brick, the struts and beams

    21. ’ He explained his simple but clever plan to smuggle the golden liras by hiding them in the hollowed out struts of the wooden boxes used to transport their everyday household goods


    22. Election night 2008, Grant Park played host to hundreds of thousands witnessing history in their lifetime, red versus blue, black versus white, Obama versus McCain, game over, a done deal score one for the people’s will, victory in a land¬slide, overwhelming national pride as President-elect Barack Hussein Obama struts on stage before adoring supporters, Tear down the borders for the Commander-in-Chief has arrived… stop the hate and let the people’s voice resonate…


    23. Election night 2008, Grant Park played host to hundreds of thousands witnessing history in their lifetime, red versus blue, black versus white, Obama versus McCain, game over, a done deal score one for the people’s will, victory in a landslide, overwhelming national pride as President-elect Barack Hussein Obama struts on stage before adoring supporters, Tear down the borders for the Commander-in-Chief has arrived… stop the hate and let the people’s voice resonate…


    24. unquestioningly, blindly, uncritically… and as stupidly as a dog loves the master who kicks it and starves it and struts around as their beloved great powerful leader


    25. Bugled and belled the air struts and the usual spell of mania, it takes us tamely near the bowl of colour, caricature and picture


    26. ” He struts his perfectly sculpted body to the bathroom


    27. Todd struts over to Mr


    28. “The landing struts of the MAV


    29. Looks like the fuel plant has been completely removed, with considerable damage to the struts in the process


    30. Most of the MAV is made from composite, but the struts had to absorb the shock of landing

    31. He splices a broken line, or pokes a bird’s nest off a boom, or elevates an antenna on struts


    32. Even though I landed the Phrog on its struts, the missile had done its work


    33. Challenger struts about like a prize peacock, and Summerlee is silent, but still sceptical


    34. “You first,” says Nicky, nodding at the metal struts


    35. Shapeshade stood beside me as the dynamite men ran in to wrap their explosives around the girders and struts of the great ride


    36. Finally, in struts Trump Casinos


    1. They didn't look back but strutted on down the street


    2. The girls strutted like peacocks with their chests out, but were no bigger than Ava, nothing like the girls up here


    3. She was busy at the side of the van, washing dishes, when he strutted around the side, and sweep her up into his arms


    4. Strange and exotic birds strutted down the pathways or perched within the branches, filling the trio's ears with a clamor of melodies


    5. " The pimpled one leapt off his stool and strutted toward the inner sanctum of the bank


    6. He strutted about the room as she quickly undressed, his cock sticking out and up in a rather ridiculous fashion


    7. As I wrote out a check, the washed-out calico shrugged off her yawns and strutted on the counter, flashing her white legs and one bar of orange tiger


    8. Only 20 yards away, he strutted to edge of the small hill between the back of the garage and the front of the chicken coop, looking out to see what prey he would take today


    9. A chicken strutted down the dock alongside the cannery


    10. Leon Edward strutted like a peacock into the lobby of Hotel Paradise with two women at his side, certain that every head turned for a glimpse of such a great sight: Ed Lyons had arrived

    11. Do you remember when this first started to happen? How he strutted around the Castle showing everyone that he's in charge


    12. The victorious Carriage strutted back to the Cloud and parked in its bay


    13. I strutted to the middle of the break circle and cockily hop danced to, “Electric kingdom” that was blasting through the tweeters and woofers while my crew was eagerly watching me strut


    14. strutted over to Junya and sat on his lap with her legs crossed


    15. Joey strutted with more haughtiness than usual as he entered the room


    16. her shoulders and strutted across the room to Joey


    17. She strutted into the bar, as Parker followed behind her


    18. one touches me,” she placed her gun in her waistband and strutted out of


    19. strutted over to the table


    20. Still posturing in the same regal manner for the benefit of those who felt the need to be led by something more than dire circumstance, he again strutted his stuff

    21. ” He strutted back and forth in front of them tapping their bowed heads for emphasis


    22. those who felt the need to be led by something more than dire circumstance, he again strutted


    23. ” He strutted back and forth


    24. Sergeant Jellicoe strutted around importantly while a medical team attended to Rick and Lorna


    25. Joran strutted from the Law Rock with a pleased grin, while Olli scowled at the crowd as he left


    26. She kicked over the chair and strutted across


    27. She decided to have some fun, so when they got her to the park, she strutted over under a big elm tree and flipped off her shoes


    28. playfully pushed Ashat forward as they strutted back to the celebration


    29. As she strutted into the station in a hot red mini skirt, with a look that could kill, one officer almost did choke to death on his doughnut as she passed by


    30. Day after day Goliath strutted between the armies

    31. Curiosity made me accept the invitation, but I had nothing to wear so Edgar took me to a warehouse of clothing seconds on Vauxhall Bridge Road, and the following afternoon I strode manfully up the drive, mounted the magnificent staircase and strutted through the classical portico resplendent in a cream linen suit, cream shoes and white silk shirt open to reveal a heavy gold stage-jewellery chain from Edgar’s property box


    32. Half a dozen tiles followed before he climbed down and strutted back, feet apart, hands on self-satisfied hips, smiling cheerfully down at his victim


    33. By the time we"d packed gear in both the ute and Mercedes, there wasn"t enough room to sleep, so we drove to the parking building, clambered into the Porsche, and ten minutes later strutted in to the reception area of an up-market motel


    34. That evening, rather than mope alone in the motel, Constable Green swapped his uniform for jeans and an expensive T-shirt his wife had bought as a going away present, then strutted along the Esplanade


    35. Several leather boys strutted their stuff, and a couple in calf-length battle-boots and not much else, writhed in a world of their own


    36. They strutted their stuff


    37. He strutted about, clapping his massive wings and crowing in the pride of a good father


    38. A tall, proud man, he strutted along the boardwalk,


    39. She then turned and strutted away from him, with an expression of smug satisfaction on her face


    40. maybe the year after, point being that we'll get there, so watch this space!” Tony strutted off towards the stairs leading to his flat

    41. Jags whistled as they both strutted into the boutique


    42. Rani and Bilo strutted into the male dominated building, heads turned and jaws hit the floor as they entered the manager’s office


    43. “He’s twenty-seven,” he said as he strutted into the room and dumped their suitcases on the queen-size bed


    44. Paul gathered himself up and strutted off the porch


    45. He strutted over to Paul, looking up into his great quivering eyes


    46. She strutted a couple steps ahead as they walked out of the theater into the calming lights of the marquee


    47. Lezura suspected that by the way he strutted through the herd he must be the leader, and if he was out, then the order would break; which meant that they would run instead of stand and fight when Joey came


    48. "Damn skippy I am!" With head held high, Chance strutted into the dugout and sat next to Mitchell, covering his swollen hand with his glove


    49. hands once and strutted off back to the bar


    50. 4 blinked in surprise as she strutted into the hospital room and stopped








































    1. Strutting back into the bedroom, Liam hoisted the putter over his shoulder and heaved the bottle to his lips


    2. A sheepish CAPTAIN, holding his cap in his hands, walks up with RICCI, strutting and imperious


    3. He was almost strutting as he approached his humble


    4. Jake hung back, strutting his six foot two height around, as he was just waiting to be told where he was going to be needed the most


    5. Ensuring she was spotlessly clean he examined her and instructed her to stand this way and that, bend over, life her arms, never touching her, when she was dressed he made her twirl around and display herself like a courtesan, strutting around the barn


    6. “And what about that fountain pen?” I fumed, strutting back and forth in front of the prankster


    7. Then along comes Caroline, a broad he really digs, and what happens? No sooner does fancy-ass Brian Walston start strutting his stuff than she fucking takes off and goes with him! Bitch! Well, he’d given her a taste of something to think about


    8. As Parker shut the door, he noticed Sam strutting down the


    9. Carlisle and the Bald Headed Guy came strutting up the steps


    10. My course mates came strutting over the foyer towards me

    11. That strutting peacock deigned to inform us in that shrill and arrogant-sounding voice of his when he’d begun his report: “I set out upon the road that your Fourth Army had taken, sire


    12. back, while strutting in a manner that exaggerated that of the captain's


    13. That strutting peacock deigned to inform us in that shrill and arrogant-sounding voice of his


    14. Strutting out of the gate, the madman jumped about barking at newcomers


    15. could there be someone strutting around outside my window all the way up here? Was I still


    16. She watched the prostitutes strutting their stuff openly in the streets and soon realised that this was probably an easy way to make money


    17. And so you do, just prior to strutting all the way to Mr


    18. After wandering around the mall and checking out the babes who were strutting around so the guys could check them out, he ordered a burger, fries and a coke which he ate before returning home


    19. Petra Cotes, strutting because of the reconciliation, and Fernanda, pretending that she did not know the truth


    20. I really enjoyed strutting my stuff to reporters!

    21. This didn’t go over good at all with his family, but he still wore the coat of colors, dancing and strutting, for he was the favored, or at least in his mind


    22. Bragging here and there, strutting around with his fancy coat, taunting his older brothers, he created himself a pit that he couldn’t get out of, but God had a plan


    23. Despite his unkept beard, however, he was a meticulous dresser, and was often seen strutting down the limestone streets of Agen with his walnut walking stick


    24. The strutting arrogant individual who overrode all before him at The Stables had to be marked absent


    25. He walked away with a new purpose, strutting down the cobbles, past the dirty waters of a canal already choked with the boats of petty merchants travelling from their inland farms to the floating markets of the town center, much as their ancestors had for centuries


    26. While they were all strutting their stuff around the campfire, I went and


    27. We see him today strutting around pretending to be a leader, except he doesn’t know what kind of leader he is supposed to be


    28. A man strutting around showing off his erection, is hilarious—ultimate proof of man’s inferiority, he has no control over his most important part! Can’t do it mentally or physically


    29. A man strutting around showing off his erection, is hilarious— ultimate proof of man’s inferiority, he has no control over his most important part! Can’t do it mentally or physically


    30. The fireman ends his call and heads off toward the news truck, with the body builder strutting behind him to claim his fifteen minutes of fame

    31. Vinnie waited until the last car had pulled away before jerking open the front door and strutting out into the sunlight


    32. “Everyone calling for Silas Oaktree to step up to Perch, but the only robin around is that over-preened Rob Robin dandy, with that wing-candy, Rose something-or-other, strutting around


    33. "Every time people see you strutting around like a whore, they'll think of my shame


    34. Several Vietnamese technicians milled about, and she noticed several large westerners, strutting around and messing around with rifles and knives


    35. straight out of hell, the way she was strutting


    36. Not so confidently strutting


    37. Adorno preened, strutting amongst his guests


    38. Not only that but they were practically strutting in the pictures


    39. World leaders strutting around, having their big ‘summit meetings’: the sum of importance they get from being on top of a pyramid of apes, the entire idea of power as a pyramidal mountain: what is so fucking powerful about a mountain? Mountains don’t have any power: they just sit there and do nothing


    40. Nobody will ever know how many millions of better athletes could have beaten the pants off the few professional athletes who love strutting around and grandstanding in front of fat lazy spectators as the only way to make a living

    41. And then there were the stars of the show: Massie, Alicia, and of course herself, strutting down the red carpet, posing for the cameras, perfect, smile, yes, and turn around, walking back with the perfect mixture of mystery and grace


    42. As long as Americans have a pompous strutting President who is never wrong and never makes a mistake: they’re happy


    43. Strutting, pompous, fat, lazy haters: who preach hate, practice hate, and hate themselves and hate their own women… and are henpecked and browbeaten by them


    44. " And with that, they were strutting over to the bar in their designer clothes, blowing the adult crowd away as they entered the room


    45. Germans had become so healthy, and so proud of their male culture and so arrogant of their new, young superiority: that they stole the pompous strutting of Mussolini’s black guard, and turned it into a military tradition for the entire Nation


    46. And what did the Russian Tsar do? He fired his generals who told him that Russia had lost the war and personally lost the war himself and in doing so destroyed the entire morale of the Russian army who deserted and went back to their farms and that is how and why the Russian revolution began… because the Russian peasants finally woke up and realized they were being ruled and destroyed by an incompetent idiot, an incompetent, pompous strutting little henpecked twit


    47. Strutting about as if they are ‘masters of the universe’


    48. What right did this strutting Austrian militarist who loved killing thousands of wild animals have to starve and tax Bosnians Serbs into submission? But he was not responsible for Serbia’s position because he was not yet in power


    49. A macho-pig culture of strutting aristocrats gone to fat; with their huge distended, fat protruding bellies sticking out in front of them and their sausage and beer culture of self-gratification for the lower masses turning their distended bellies into fat


    50. Bulhorn strutting ahead of




















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    Synonyms for "strut"

    prance strut swagger cock ruffle sashay tittup parade brace prop mainstay stretcher

    "strut" definitions

    a proud stiff pompous gait


    brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression


    to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others