perambulate
verb (used with object)
to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
was perambulating
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past progressiveof perambulate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Presently she heard his steps returning; he was perambulating a beat.
From At Large by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
Not that I was; but I was perambulating the country for an object and determined to accomplish it.
From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
As I was perambulating slowly the border of Loch Ness I met a tall, gaunt-looking man, who eyed me rather suspiciously, and stretched forth his hands in the attitude of one interrupting a stray sheep.
From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill
