Example Sentences

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I could feel him gliding along beneath me, but he could have been strolling down the sidewalk, the movement was so smooth.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

We might have been strolling through a miniature city.

From "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman

We have been strolling here among these graves, a-prying for old friends—brother drovers.

From The Reckoning by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

We have been strolling in the street every since it grew dark to get the little air which is moving.

From A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

Why had I slaved incessantly all my life, reading when I might have slept, examining patients when I might have been strolling through meadows, hurrying through meals when I might have eaten at leisure?

From The Blue Germ by Nicoll, Maurice