How to Use parade in a Sentence

parade

1 of 2 noun
  • The town will put on a parade.
  • After the team won the championship, the city threw a parade for them.
  • The marching band lined up for the homecoming parade.
  • The parade will be a year of firsts — the initial one for the King and the first one for William as Prince of Wales.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 10 June 2023
  • The floats will be judged by a panel of judges, with a winner crowned at the end of the parade.
    Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The track leads a parade of all 19 songs the streaming edition of Scott’s new Utopia album on the chart.
    Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The program has lost another parade of starters to the NFL.
    Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Entrance to the parade does not require the purchase of a ticket.
    Heather Bushman, The Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2023
  • Cher performed at the parade and met up with a stan (Andy Cohen).
    Vulture, 23 Nov. 2023
  • That year, the parade's grand marshal was Garfield — and his Hoosier creator, Jim Davis.
    Jenny Porter Tilley, The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2023
  • This includes parades, fairs, and events — and of course plenty of haunted ghost tours at the site of the witch trials.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
  • More than 20 people were injured at the parade and a mother of two was killed.
    Sarah Dewberry, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Each fall and spring, the fort’s most beautiful historic homes are opened for tours on a parade of homes.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The craft fair and parade are free; registration is required for the 10K race.
    Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
  • As a ring girl in black hot pants parades the Round Three card to the crowd, Valenzuela implores Manuel to stop lunging in.
    Ben Wyatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2023
  • There will be a roaring ‘20s costume parade for the kids and free coloring books.
    The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
  • While Cheyenne joined Margittay in last year’s parade, Yukon did not.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2023
  • On the day of the ceremony, guests arrived at the ranch and were greeted with drinks before the beginning of the Baraat parade.
    Shelby Wax, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The question that at least one of them will have to answer: Is winning the in-season tournament worth a parade?
    Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2023
  • There were prayers, parades, singing, and public readings of the proclamation.
    Jessica B. Harris, Southern Living, 7 June 2023
  • Natalie Kainz There are 2.5 miles of public viewing this year along the parade route.
    NBC News, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The parade begins at the corner of Paycor Stadium on Mehring Way.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 13 Mar. 2024
  • In early May, the parade of witnesses to that grand jury appeared to stop.
    Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
  • As of Friday evening, the parade was still scheduled for Saturday.
    Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2024
  • On Wednesday, they were pulled by two white horses for the single-carriage parade.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
  • Tuesday’s first event, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., will feature lots of numerical fun, a pi parade and wrap up with the eating of pie.
    Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The parade will feature carriages adorned in each country’s flag colors.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The team rehearses eight to 10 times before the parade, with younger dancers practicing first at each session.
    Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Beginning between Canal and Spring Streets at 7 p.m. on Halloween, the parade kicks off a long night of revelry.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2023
  • Then came last month’s parade and rally in downtown Kansas City.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
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parade

2 of 2 verb
  • The team and its fans paraded down the street.
  • The models paraded up and down the runway.
  • She paraded around on the beach in her bikini.
  • The victors paraded the prisoners through the streets.
  • Protesters paraded in front of City Hall.
  • The drag queens who once paraded through the hallways are long gone.
    Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
  • For the 1969 Carnival, the Maids of Mirth opted not to parade.
    al, 21 Feb. 2022
  • The Lord rebuke you, Satan, and all of your demons and all of your imps will come and parade before us.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • So much so that readers went out of their way to avoid parading them in public.
    Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • What has been parading ever since is a series of dead bands.
    Matt Thompson, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Squads of soldiers parade through the brightly lit set of temple facades and the pharoah’s throne.
    Joshua Barone Sinna Nasseri, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Gunmen killed civilians in the street and kidnapped hostages, in some cases parading them in the streets.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Fifth, watch the school children parade through the art museums on their field trips.
    Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 29 Mar. 2022
  • In fact, elephants have been known to parade right through the lodge in search of the property's wild mango tree.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The initial balls, held in places like the Hamilton Lodge in Harlem in the late 1800s, featured prizes for those who would parade through the crowd with the best dress or best hair.
    Mikelle Street, Essence, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Carrie Bradshaw parade it around New York City in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s.
    Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Or see which politicians, in a chamber-full of camera hogs, preen and parade the most?
    Karen Heller, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Every day at Straight’s house, friends and loved ones parade in and out, in person or in spirit.
    Margaret Wappler, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2022
  • There’s only so much room on the stage — maybe five or six spaces at most — and all of us have a circus of ideas parading across the stage every hour of the day.
    Marshall Bergmann, Quartz, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Watching the marching bands parade down the streets has always been my favorite part of the Rose Festival.
    oregonlive, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Now, the Chiefs will hit the streets of Kansas City to parade around town and relish in this victorious moment with fans.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Plus, the striking colors of countless oaks and maples will parade alongside your drive for the entirety of the road’s switchbacks.
    Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Let your team parade out all of the imaginary horrible things that your product can be used for.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • The condemned were beaten and paraded through the streets to the execution site, as described with Jesus in the Gospels, while mobs jeered and rained abuse.
    Fredrick Kunkle, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The small boy will parade the streets, masquerading in the most absurd costumes, and yet they will be applauded.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Dress up your doggos and parade them through the streets in this fun holiday tradition.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The plots revolve around the cultural friction between the women and the roster of dotty customers who parade through the place.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The contestants then climbed aboard two hay wagons, and the tractors were fired up to parade through town -- past the Farmers Exchange building, of course.
    Sam Boyer, cleveland, 14 July 2023
  • It's also known for parading classic cars down the roads each weekend, along with special events — from live music to car shows.
    Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The suspects were first paraded to the media by police before being charged to court.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN, 19 Sep. 2023

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