swanning
present participle ofswanUKinformaldisapproving
Examplesofswanning
swanning
They areswanningaround out there instead of being in here.
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That was the cost ofswanningalong on the gondolas.
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The penance is being borne by the unemployed of the country while the people responsible areswanningon.
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That would not be appropriate, because there would be potentially millions of free licencesswanningaround the country, possibly because of errors in the database.
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Is it to goswanningin the country?
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This practice on the part of civil servants may be perfectly justified, but it appears to the man on the spot to be "swanning" without any excuse at all.
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There is a myth, which is widely fostered in the press, that business executives areswanningaround at company expense in luxury cars which are loaded with every conceivable gadget.
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A little earlier in his speech he said that we must not pursue a world-wide blue water role, as he put it: "swanningaround in a silver sea".
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I'mswanninground the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things.
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- misguided
- misguided attempt
- misguidedly
- misguided policy
- mishandle
- mishandled
- mishandling
- mishap
- mishear
- mishit
- mishmash
- misidentification
- misidentify
- misinform
- misinformation
- misinformed
- misinforming
- misinterpret
- misinterpretation
- misinterpreted
- misinterpreting
- misjudge
- misjudged
- misjudging
- misjudgment