promenade
noun
a stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.
had been promenading
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past perfect progressiveof promenade.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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One of our party had been promenading the broiling streets of Halifax without his coat!
From The Englishwoman in America by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
During this time Antoinette had been promenading the walk in front of the house, inhaling the jasmine-perfumed air, pouring out her heart to the night and to the stars.
From Samuel Brohl and Company by Victor Cherbuliez
Bull Neck Burke, the wrestler, who tied Zabisko once on the stage of the old Grand Opera House in 1913, had been promenading with Mollie Malone, of the Champagne Girls and Gay Burlesquers Company.
From Tutt and Mr. Tutt by Arthur Cheney Train
The grotto of Polyphemus and the cave of Cæcus would have appeared to him pleasanter than the gardens of Armida, if Clementine's little red jacket had been promenading in them.
From The Man With The Broken Ear by Henry Holt
