promenade
noun
a stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.
were 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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Her progress was easy, and, although different, was quite as graceful as if she were promenading the piazza, proving that she was an adept in mountain-climbing.
From A Young Girl's Wooing by Edward Payson Roe
While the ballroom was being cleared of chairs and got ready for the hop, couples were promenading in the garden.
From A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day by Fritz Oswald Bilse
Many of the people had left the vicinity of the tables and were promenading the grassy strip while listening to the band.
From A Traitor's Wooing by Headon Hill
"Four feet long, probably," said Carrington, who was smoking an evening pipe, now listening to the talk awhile, now watching the movements of two white heron who were promenading down the beach.
From Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches by Constance Fenimore Woolson
It was a pity that such single-hearted effort must go unrewarded, but the fact remains that he reached the hall just as the couples were promenading for the first waltz.
From The Long Shadow by B. M. Bower
