perambulate
verb (used with object)
to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
perambulating
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present participleof perambulate.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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Scaling Southern California’s tallest peaks provides a purer rush than perambulating its most famous streets, but the streets stick with you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
"It was then reported, that a mad woman was in the habit of disturbing the neighbours, by perambulating the church-yard and other walks, in strange and uncouth dresses," the magazine article added.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2022
The Bronx Zoo reopened last July, with timed tickets and reduced capacity, so, for a time, you could commune in relative privacy with rhinos and silverback gorillas, as though perambulating your own private nature preserve.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
Streets of Philadelphia won Bruce Springsteen an Oscar, and Demme shot the accompanying music video in which a perambulating Springsteen does not lip-synch.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2019
The halls—usually full of residents slowly perambulating from one area to the other or just sitting around chatting—were completely empty.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
