Example Sentences

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"You should follow Jane's example; you see, she is promenading, and, I dare say, she took the walk with you, too," said Adeline.

From Elinor Wyllys, Volume 1 by Cooper, Susan Fenimore

In the foreground yellow sands spread smoothly, whereon there are sundry temporary erections for athletic sports; and closer at hand runs an esplanade on which a fashionable crowd is promenading.

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas

Custis is promenading the floor, Rob reading the papers, and Mildred packing her dress.

From Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee by Lee, Robert Edward, General