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Examples of amble in a Sentence
We ambled along as we talked.
They ambled down the road.
Recent Examples of amble from the Web
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Kim ambled around his desk, picking things up, putting them back down.
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During the Garden of the Gods 10 Mile run in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Sunday, a bear ambled out from the trees alongside the course and hot-footed it across the road, right in front of the runners.
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But passengers on a Delta flight from the D.C. area to Atlanta got a surprise that was welcome and charming: a grinning, nonagenarian, bolo-tie-wearing former president who ambled down the aisle, apparently shaking every single passenger's hand.
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Auburn's players ambled out of the third-base dugout and into the clubhouse at Dick Howser Stadium late Sunday night as the clock inched toward midnight.
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A tortoise, standing as tall as someone’s knee, ambled around on the sand.
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Richard Stravinsky is a walker, and often ambles through Balboa Park when exercising his penchant for strolling far afield.
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Instead our world would be marked by seals playing hide-and-seek with our kayaks, bears ambling on shore, and paddles knifing through icy waters.
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Men who had been on the screen performing basketball feats that helped define several generations ambled to the front of a little theatre at 37th and Chestnut.
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Origin and Etymology of amble
Middle English, from Anglo-French ambler, from Latin ambulare to walk, from ambi- + -ulare (verb base akin to Middle Welsh el he may go, Greek ēlythe he went) — more at elastic
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Definition of amble
1a : an easy gait of a horse in which the legs on the same side of the body move togetherb : 7rack b
2 : an easy gait
3 : a leisurely walk took a casual amble through the gardens
Examples of amble in a Sentence
we had a lovely amble about the quaint village before continuing our drive
Origin and Etymology of amble
see 1amble
AMBLE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of amble for English Language Learners
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: to walk slowly in a free and relaxed way
AMBLE Defined for Kids
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: to walk at a slow easy pace
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