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parading

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verb

present participle of parade

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of parading
Noun
According to the official royal website, the elaborate event features over 1,400 parading soldiers, 200 horses, and 400 musicians. — Staff Author, InStyle, 15 June 2026 Over 1,400 parading soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians are expected to come together to create a great display of military precision, horsemanship and fanfare in King Charles' royal honor. — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026 The beach felt quiet and exclusive, with sugar-soft sand and the occasional egret parading on by our sandcastle. — Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
Verb
That was the Senators finally taking advantage of the Devils parading to the penalty box after failing to score on Mantha's 5-minute major earlier. — Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 That is because Lula, Brazil’s current president and campaigning candidate, had been parading the centre of Rio just a few hundred meters away from the port. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026 The most famous photograph of the early Second World War is of a Frenchman weeping at the sight of Nazi soldiers parading through the streets of Marseilles in 1940. — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026 That’s when the party moves beyond the clubhouse, parading down the Canyon of Heroes and throughout the heart and soul of New York City. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026 There’s a bleak snowy field in Munich after the 1958 air disaster, a huge 1968 colour picture of a toothless Nobby Stiles parading the European Cup with his sidekick Paddy Crerand equally jubilant. — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Seleção fans essentially took over part of the American Dream mall next to MetLife Stadium and turned it into more of a Brazilian Carnival-like scene with samba dancers, drummers and fans parading down the shopping center. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 6 July 2026 Images of Merlin parading through Mexico City, wearing a Mexican national team jersey — and socks — as thousands of fans celebrated, quickly went viral, racking up millions of views across social media. — ABC News, 15 June 2026 Now Lestat has joined them, parading his vampirism to anyone who buys a ticket and drawing more and more ire from his law-abiding peers. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parading
Noun
  • But despite flashes throughout the year, like a 16-point showing in a win over Providence or putting up 17 points and six rebounds in a blowout win of Kansas State, Lampkin’s production dropped across the board.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Nov. 2026
  • But under its new young leader, Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, the DA is aiming to make a strong showing in local elections, and perhaps become the largest party in South Africa’s biggest metropolitan areas.
    — Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • In the House, Democrats were marching toward control after defeating six Republicans in key battleground races.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
  • If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • For example, when executing a larger order in a fast-moving market, the venue displaying the best price may not have enough liquidity available to fill it.
    — Adam Cohn, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • His paintings sell for millions at auction but Nara's most important fans might be the ones displaying his ashtrays, lamps, and snowglobes.
    — Julie Brener Davich, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Investigators found in a closet dozens of Louis Vuitton handbags lining the top shelf, many pairs of Christian Louboutin boots and a display case full of handbags made of exotic furs.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Items including flan and cheese cake in front display case and guacamole, rice and cheese dip in walk-in cooler lacking date mark.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Nina nodded and looked across the restaurant to watch two tall women, flight attendants, striding resolutely through the concourse, their legs in perfect rhythm.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Rossi is deeply inspired by Umberto Boccioni’s Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, the Futurist sculpture of a figure striding forward, its body fragmented into aerodynamic forms that suggest speed and movement.
    — Alison S. Cohn, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • TeamLab got its start in Tokyo in 2001, but over the years grew from exhibiting in galleries to building its own museum-like spaces, today having permanent locales in Japan, China and Saudi Arabia.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Roughly 400 exhibiting brands have been confirmed for the 2026 event as of publishing, up from 360 last year, and registration has been tracking well for both retailers and media, according to event organizers.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Groups gather in private rooms lined with flashing lights and TV monitors, pick up the microphone and sing with abandon into the early morning hours.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The cameras detect vehicles that break the law by passing the school buses when the stop sign and lights are flashing, capturing video evidence that is then reviewed by citation officers before a citation is issued.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Watchstanders got a distress call just before noon from the good Samaritan, who told them that there was a vessel with smoke coming from it roughly five miles west of the beach, with a person waving their arms on board.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Milwaukee fans in the crowd of 40,514, many waving yellow towels and some wearing cheeseheads, brought a Badger State feel to Tropicana Field.
    — Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

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“Parading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parading. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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