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  • verb Present participle of promenade.

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Examples

  • Corps well-nigh lost his reputation for veracity, or sobriety, by coming back to the ship one day with a most amazing tale as to some fish he had seen promenading -- _promenading_, forsooth!

    A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel

  • All of this sunshine and walking (a hundred years ago it would have been called promenading) reminds me of a piece in the collection at the Art Institute of Chicago.

    The Albert Lea Tribune Staff 2010

  • No doubt this "promenading" was not at all to her taste.

    The Octopus : A story of California Frank Norris 1886

  • Her hand rested lightly on his arm, and they were promenading on to find seats, when Charley Long, evidently just arrived, thrust his way in front of them.

    CHAPTER VIII 2010

  • "I wish I could say the same," I replied with appropriate dejection, as I swung in beside her, for she had evinced her intention of promenading.

    CHAPTER XIII 2010

  • Though similar in detail and design to the High Line, this place is of and about Philadelphia and cleverly leverages the waterfront as it accommodates numerous passive uses such as strolling, promenading and viewing.

    Charles A. Birnbaum: City Shaping III: The Philadelphia Story Charles A. Birnbaum 2011

  • Though similar in detail and design to the High Line, this place is of and about Philadelphia and cleverly leverages the waterfront as it accommodates numerous passive uses such as strolling, promenading and viewing.

    Charles A. Birnbaum: City Shaping III: The Philadelphia Story Charles A. Birnbaum 2011

  • The Cherry Orchard, BirminghamDreamthinkspeak, the innovative, 11-year-old, Brighton-based performance company, had a triumph in its home town earlier this year with a promenading reflection on Chekhov's final play.

    This week's new theatre Mark Cook 2010

  • I looked up and he was five feet away promenading along the window sill!

    Things that keep me from writing. p_n_elrod 2009

  • She merely smiled and waved at the few people still promenading in their carriages near dusk.

    How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011

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