promenade 1 of 2

as in boardwalk
a public place for strolling a beautifully landscaped park with a wide promenade along the riverside

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verb

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Recent Examples of promenade
Noun
Later, hundreds of naked bike riders promenaded around the event, most wearing hats to protect from the hot sun. Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023 Noah McWilliams’s two-monitor video divides a promenading entity from its legs, which are relegated to the lower screen. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
Verb
Parks digitally delineated instead of outlined by the contours of our promenades. Paul Greenberg, Time, 20 Sep. 2025 Alice Winocour’s Couture with Jolie and Louis Garrel, Edward Berger’s Farrell-starring Ballad of a Small Player, and James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg led by Russell Crowe and Rami Malek are just a few of the buzzy award faves set to make a splash on the promenade. Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for promenade
Recent Examples of Synonyms for promenade
Noun
  • Above the bed is an image of Springsteen with Clinch’s 1948 Pontiac taken on the boardwalk in Asbury Park about 20 years ago.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Best Hikes Kokanee Trail The Kokanee Trail is a boardwalk trail accessible to wheelchair users and people with strollers.
    Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • What started as a walking tour of the historic Chickasaw neighborhood in 2012, during his years as president of the local neighborhood association, has since expanded to cover the other nine neighborhoods, after Taylor was awarded a fellowship through the Filson Historical Society in 2023.
    Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • One partner is ready to walk down the aisle, while the other is dragging their feet.
    Peter White, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The park’s 1,040-foot via ferrata includes two aerial walkways, a 54-foot steel staircase, and a 90-foot suspension bridge that hangs 105 feet above a pond.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Thrill seekers also have the option to try out bungee jumping on the bridge, or walk along a glass walkway at 1,900 feet in the air.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As the two paraded down the center of the venue, Del Rey was eager to show off her ring.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Friends and worshippers celebrated her as she was paraded through the streets.
    Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Police in Florida are searching for two men caught on camera destroying a mall store while stealing thousands of dollars in merchandise.
    Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Branches of major restaurant and store chains have mushroomed around the center in recent years, and the local mall has become a regional go-to, so much so that Apple massively expanded its store there earlier this year.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Both treaded around 30 percent last season.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Maddie—baggy hoodies tossed over an array of old tattoos, clearly carrying a heavy amount of life for her 28 years—gradually attempts to fill her daughter in on her own youth, treading a tightrope between honesty and delicacy.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This direction—padding the ensemble with social-media-friendly faces—represents more of a nudge toward the future than a massive overhaul.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The adjustable straps are lightly padded, and the entire device only weighs 11 pounds with an empty bag.
    Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • On a crowded street, Morejón strides up to the man and pummels him to the ground.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer strode to the scene as armed officers raced past him.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025

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“Promenade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promenade. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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