perambulate
verb (used with object)
to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
were 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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One of these was to proceed to Tortola, and join a band of strolling players that were perambulating the islands, and attracting admiration, if not money, by the excellence of their dramatic representations.
From Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by Sleeper, John Sherburne
All night parties in disguise were perambulating the different wards, watching each other's tactics; masks, wigs, false noses, gentles in livery coats, men in female attire, a silent carnival of manoeuvre, vigilance, anxiety, and trepidation.
From Coningsby by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
It seemed to me that the population never slept; they were perambulating the streets chanting "Viva Pio Nono" all night; and, at 8 o'clock this morning, there was the same crowd, with the same excitement.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
In a moment or two all the visitors were perambulating about the garden.
From The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town by Christy, F. Earl
Like living syringes, these heads were; perambulating bulbs filled with some defensive or offensive liquid to be squirted out at the owner's will.
From The Raid on the Termites by Ernst, Paul
