promenading

Definition of promenadingnext
present participle of promenade
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Verb
  • Actor Sarah Jessica Parker was seen walking down the grand staircase at the New York Public Library with Queen Camilla after a literacy event this afternoon.
    Emma Caughlan, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Pérez got through five innings unscathed despite walking four batters.
    Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • There will be floats, performers and community groups parading down Chapman Avenue.
    Heather McRea, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
  • As most of the women note, Simon’s presence lingers through the echoing halls of Porsha’s new palace — both literally and metaphorically, thanks to some great editing of his shadow lurking in the background — a feeling worsened by Porsha parading a new man on her arm.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That set off a sprint between the two horses and the brothers riding them, striding toward the finish line.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 3 May 2026
  • The statue depicts a man striding atop a pillar, holding a large, flowing flag that covers his face.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • An ocean away, a sandy trail in the ponderosa forests of northern Arizona demands treading just as deliberately when walkers reach a line of tree stumps arranged as stepping stones.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • California’s population has essentially been treading water since the pandemic.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Spend the next few hours strolling around the Davidson College campus, shopping for a new read at Main Street Books or a charming memento at Honeysuckle Home, and having a leisurely lunch at The Pickled Peach.
    Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
  • They were seen hugging at the F1 Grand Prix of Mexico in October 2023, strolling ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas in November 2024 and holding hands at the Grand Prix of Miami in 2025.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Mamdani speaks at May Day rally Hundreds, if not thousands, packed Manhattan's Washington Square Park to celebrate workers and the history of labor organizing, before the group started marching to Foley Square.
    Ali Bauman, CBS News, 2 May 2026
  • Throngs of demonstrators filled the Near West Side park before marching shoulder-to-shoulder with homemade signs to the Loop.
    Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Families flock to the Cape for mini-golfing, traipsing around sand dunes, comparing ice cream stands, gobbling up lobster rolls, spotting whales, and simply admiring the gray cedar shake houses adorned with colorful buoys.
    Kara Williams, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Throughout the visual, the three-time Grammy winner can be seen traipsing through the palace's opulent halls in a coquettish ensemble, capturing the elation of newfound romance.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • All five girls jumped off the couch, stampeded toward the apartment door, and tumbled into the building’s stairwell, stepping on each other’s heels.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • The former child actor was in the stages of returning to the scene after stepping away for a few years, and had taken up work with Taskrabbit.
    Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
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“Promenading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promenading. Accessed 7 May. 2026.

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