parade
noun
a large public procession, usually including a marching band and often of a festive nature, held in honor of an anniversary, person, event, etc.
is parading
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present progressiveof parade (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, the celebrations are carrying on in Ivory Coast, where the victorious team is parading through the streets of the biggest city, Abidjan, with the trophy.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2024
Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals is parading Garner through the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Saturday afternoon before roasting her as the troupe’s 2022 Woman of the Year.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2022
"I think one of the worst things that I've discovered lately about Dr. Cowan is he is parading around and telling people he's a reserve deputy when in fact he's not," Greene said.
From Fox News ● Jul. 17, 2020
She expected replies to observations like this one, from a 1963 letter: “How weird to think that one is parading about all the time, up to the strangest things, in other people’s dreams!”
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2016
She is parading and blushing at the same time.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
