ambling
- present participle of amble.
Example Sentences
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But The Guardian described it, external as a "slow and ambling show" that "moved with all the urgency of the recently tranquillised".
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
This turn has directly benefited Dokoupil, who was previously ambling around the network’s morning show before getting tapped as its evening leading man.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2026
His son Eric Trump was ambling around the clubhouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
After ambling to his preferred seat in the aisle of the emergency exit row, the 6-foot-11 Walton would ask the 5-6 Lewin to sit next to him, proceeding to say nothing about himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2025
A toothless old man came ambling up to them, pointing, with a rather wicked grin, at an old rowboat bobbing in the iron-gray water below them.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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