Example Sentences

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Isleworth Crown Court heard Jamalvatan had been "parading as a straight-laced PhD student who was looking after his auntie and mother, which couldn't be further from the truth".

From BBC • May 21, 2021

So many of them had been parading to the stage early in the first round that fans might have thought they stumbled into a Fashion Week Big and Tall show.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2013

Then the ward, who has been in love with Lukas ever since the picture started, breaks her betrothal to a young collegian whom she had been parading to spur her foster-father's affections.

From Time Magazine Archive

A fresh waist, 80 a ribbon at her throat, a slimness of her waist and an artificial freshness in her complexion showed that she had been parading that afternoon.

From The Readjustment by Irwin, Will

The passengers who had been parading the platform had got aboard; the last five to arrive also had disappeared into the Pullmans, and their luggage had been thrown into the baggage car.

From The Blind Man's Eyes by Balmer, Edwin