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noun

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

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verb

as in to walk

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Recent Examples of promenade
Noun
There’s going to be a promenade for people who want to stroll along the perimeter. — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026 For boho vibes, skateboarders, and a beachfront promenade full of eclectic performers, head to Venice Beach. — Adeline Duff, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026
Verb
Our agenda includes promenading with the official mascots, catching another round of live musical vibes here and there, and taking pride in some folks who are dear to us. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 12 June 2026 Without their intervention, Baltimore’s waterfront would have been permanently disfigured, and the waterfront promenade the author praises today would never have been possible. — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for promenade
Recent Examples of Synonyms for promenade
  1. boardwalk
  2. walk
  3. walkway
  4. parade
  5. mall
  6. tread
  7. pad
  8. stride
Noun
  • Another takeover involving more than 300 teens happened on Saturday at the boardwalk in University City, where multiple fights broke out.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026
  • Video shared on social media shows the chain reaction crash in which one police all-terrain vehicle rear-ends another, pushing it into at least two pedestrians and then hitting a boardwalk tram car.
    — Laura Fay, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Definition of boardwalk
Verb
  • Just watching Shannon try to handle a bungee cord is like watching Charlie Chaplin try to walk down the street.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 July 2026
  • All of my essentials are packed in my Stowaway, which clips into my weekender as a bag organizer, and can clip out to be worn on its own as a crossbody when walking around during the day or as a clutch when going out in the evening.
    — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 16 July 2026
Definition of walk
Noun
  • The ceiling is arched and lined with skylights to allow for light in walkway.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2026
  • Closer Raisel Iglesias began that period mostly unbothered at the far end of the walkway before media members found their way to his table.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 13 July 2026
Definition of walkway
Verb
  • The president’s grim statements are simultaneous with the dayslong funeral for the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose coffin has been paraded across national borders accompanied by thousands of mourners.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2026
  • Hundreds of members of the Patriot Front, a white supremacist group, paraded through the capital.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2026
Definition of parade
Noun
  • His son Guido later took over the practice, Spadolini Architetti, and made a name designing fashion outlet malls in the style of traditional borghi (villages).
    — Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • One victim was pronounced dead at the mall, while the second died after being transported to a hospital, Dearborn Police Chief Issa Shahin said.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Definition of mall
Verb
  • By season 3, however, Little House had confidently tread into the darker, less savory aspects of frontier life, so the series creatives decided to show that sometimes, not even Christmas was sacred.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
  • Between bars closing and those that remain having to tread more lightly, Palace is in a state of constant evolution to keep up.
    — Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
Definition of tread
Verb
  • That leverage also helps pad a thick monthly dividend north of 8%.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Tampa Bay, meanwhile, padded the American League’s best record to remain four games in front of the New York Yankees in the AL East.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
Definition of pad
Verb
  • Ed Sheeran strides to Taylor Swift wedding Ed Sheeran, clad in a bright aqua blue suit, arrived holding hands with wife Cherry Seaborn.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • Late in the trial, a surprise witness came striding into the courtroom.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of stride

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