promenading

verb

present participle of promenade
as in walking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for promenading
  1. walking
  2. parading
  3. striding
  4. treading
  5. ambulating
  6. strolling
  7. marching
  8. traipsing
Verb
  • There was a small card with a graphic that pictured Wiley walking in the middle of Bluey and Bingo, two characters from the show.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Cooler, crisp days make walking the hill towns, wine tasting and dining outdoors far more comfortable than in the baking summer.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of walking
Verb
  • 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, 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
Definition of parading
Verb
  • Late in the trial, a surprise witness came striding into the courtroom.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • At around the same time down in London, England’s vice-captain Harry Brook was striding to the crease to join Root at 40-3.
    — Hector Vickers, New York Times, 21 June 2026
Definition of striding
Verb
  • Initially, both teams looked to be treading carefully, wary of a misstep now in the knockout stage.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • By treading lightly with finishes, opening up the loft area to more light, and getting clever with storage, Marie channeled the unit’s coastal locale, conjuring up an aesthetic lexicon that suggests the interior of a boat with its clean, functional lines.
    — Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2026
Definition of treading
Verb
  • Common symptoms of heat stroke include confusion, difficulty ambulating, collapse and even seizures.
    — Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
  • Why are my feet useful merely for ambulating my body to and fro while footballers can play with their feet and a ball and thrill crowds to no end?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Definition of ambulating
Verb
  • Toward the end of his first day, Chekhov spotted an officer strolling confidently down the street.
    — Vasily Grossman, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Check out what Northlanders can expect to find while strolling the aisles.
    — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2026
Definition of strolling
Verb
  • Ben felt that his biggest contribution to Civil Rights would not be marching in the streets, but instead demonstrating his capabilities to others in influential positions through performance, negotiation, and results.
    — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Media images showed tens of thousands of people marching along Tirana's main boulevard toward Skanderbeg Square.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Definition of marching
Verb
  • Over spare guitars, Madonna retraces the days of traipsing about the Lower East Side when the rent was overdue.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 July 2026
  • But birding at this landfill does not mean traipsing through the trash.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
Definition of traipsing
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