stride
verb (used without object)
to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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It was a stormy night; the snow-burdened wind was raving; and Cosmo would have been striding about the room but that now he was in his father's, and dreaded disturbing him.
From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by MacDonald, George