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.
parading
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present participleof parade.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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You may remember the orbiter itself or the 154-foot orange fuel tank parading slowly through L.A.’s streets to reach their new home, in 2012 and 2016, respectively.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Drumcree was one of Northern Ireland's most serious parading disputes in the mid-1990s.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
But that’s a lot of big ifs stuffed into a trenchcoat, parading around social media as an inevitability.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
It was a move that ultimately led to a decades-long parading dispute, sparking some of the most serious public disorder in Northern Ireland's history.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Once the seniors and freshmen came parading in, I couldn’t stop my nerves from getting the better of me, and I began shuffling my weight from foot to foot.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
