promenade
noun
a stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.
was promenading
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past progressiveof promenade.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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He had left his offices on Hollywood Boulevard, and was promenading down the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2014
In great good humor Conductor Arturo Toscanini of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Society was promenading the deck of the S.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
And while the duke was promenading through the crowd with a proud and self-satisfied air, the peasants were secretly laughing and jeering at him.
From The Honor of the Name by Émile Gaboriau
That dignitary was promenading the platform in military uniform, his hands behind his back.
From Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania by Percy Favor Bicknell
I went for Guest, who was promenading the room with his hands behind him, casting every now and then a sharp glance in our direction.
From The Great Secret by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
