perambulate
verb (used with object)
to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
perambulatory
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a word derived from
perambulate.
Example Sentences
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It’s a sprawling document—you have to get through 173 nonbinding perambulatory paragraphs before you even get to the regulation itself.
From Slate ● May 8, 2017
“I always wish I were one of those perambulatory writers like Wallace Stevens.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2017
Carlotta, then, had followed her about like a perambulatory doll, upon which she had fitted all the finery she could lay her hands on.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by William John Locke
He had never realized how much human misery could be concentrated into one room until that perambulatory trip.
From Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure by Eustace Hale Ball
She put her elbow on a couple of pickled gherkins that remained casually on the table after a perambulatory meal.
From The Belovéd Vagabond by William John Locke
