paraded

past tense of parade

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of paraded The evening was like a surreal speed dating event, with Firstman being paraded from film executive to film executive. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026 Over the course of several hours, a kaleidoscopic array of appetizers, mains and desserts were paraded out for the hundreds of guests wearing their Sunday finery. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026 When North Korea paraded six mockup ICBMs in 2012, the United States responded by ordering 14 more interceptors. — Jeffrey Lewis, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2026 The unrest culminated in the arrest or killing of dozens of soldiers, some of whom were paraded in front of the cameras live on state television. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 This was an era long before people paraded through hotels in flip-flops, yoga pants and workout bras. — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 The 28-year-old centre-half was paraded on the pitch before the 3-0 home win against Coventry on Friday in the opening game of the new Premier League season. — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 On this special night, a nun threw out the first pitch, the fans donned pope hats and Sox home-run hitters paraded down the dugout in pope hats. — Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 Ensconced in a glass case mounted on a float, the drum was paraded through the Yopougon district of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire’s largest city, before continuing on to Adjame. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paraded
Verb
  • As whites marched onto new lands, the grid unrolled before them like a red carpet.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The Dolphins’ first six drives marched into Kansas City territory, including all four in the first half.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The specimens are expected to ultimately be displayed in a museum collection, where they will be preserved and made accessible to the public and to other scientists for further study, the city said.
    — Tristan Maglunog, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • For safe-keeping, the flag is displayed in very low light, giving the chamber a sacred feel, like a cathedral crypt.
    — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Enzo Maresca strode down the Old Trafford tunnel and let out a victorious roar.
    — Sam Lee, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • As Shohei Ohtani strode up to the plate Monday, Michael Bublé’s voice crooned over the Dodger Stadium speakers as always.
    — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Without the nacelle’s weight at the top, the structure exhibited different vibration characteristics.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
  • It has been exhibited at museums including Tate in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Willis has flashed it, at times, too, in practices leading up to the season.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Conwell, 22, flashed that skill set during four summer league appearances with the Heat this offseason.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In years past, department statistics showed at least a third of all police shootings involved someone with obvious signs of emotional distress.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • In the demo, Meta showed people wearing the glasses while watching an NBA game and multitasking between applications.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Meta on Tuesday unveiled Muse for Small Business that connects its agent to popular software from companies like Asana, Zoom, Intuit, Box, Canva and Salesforce’s Slack.
    — Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Nvidia on Monday unveiled its Open Agent Safety Platform to keep autonomous agents within set boundaries.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • One of the orange jackets waiting with her waved at Officer H.
    — Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Last spring, Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner waved from a city fire truck at the front of the annual gay Pride parade down Ocean Drive.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Paraded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paraded. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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