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
  • Video footage showed crowds of people, mainly Moroccans, walking around the breakwaters at Tarajal beach onto local roads.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • Used gently before walking, stretching or massage, tapping can be a useful ritualistic prompt to move—but it shouldn’t be mistaken for a treatment in itself.
    — Chloe Burcham, Vogue, 30 July 2026
Definition of walking
Verb
  • The hosts’ fairytale run through to the final was also of note, and the triumphant Brazil side honoured them by parading the Swedish flag, rather than their own, at full time of their victory.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 23 July 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
Definition of parading
Verb
  • The first is now striding toward the final; the second is out of a job.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
  • The sculpture included Teddy mounted on a striding horse with two lackeys walking on either side.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026
Definition of striding
Verb
  • That’s someone treading open water who has figured out that the only way not to drown is to never stop kicking.
    — Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • But like its tenacious relic-hunting heroine, the enduring property is always treading new ground.
    — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 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
  • For gardens, Shosei-en is a quiet surprise so close to Kyoto Station that most visitors walk right past it, a strolling garden of ponds, bridges, and teahouses that makes a perfect first or last stop in the city.
    — Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • In summary, anyone already planning to order a thermal-invisibility cape and spend the evening strolling unnoticed past infrared cameras should put the grappling hook back in the cupboard.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 July 2026
Definition of strolling
Verb
  • Criston Cole was marching toward his annihilation, and now that march is over.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 July 2026
  • Tensions escalated Monday when police moved to disperse thousands of protesters marching toward Parliament.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 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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