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a public pathway for leisurely walking — especially one near the oceanor:
walking leisurely — especially in a public place
More rarely, promenade can reference a walking motion while dancing a square dance or procession of all the guests marching at the opening of a formal dance. Even more rarely, it can reference a prom (a formal party held for a school class toward the end of the academic year).
- The ladies promenaded along the beach
promenaded = walked leisurely in a public place
- We met on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica.
- Its sign was plywood, as were the other low-slung signs, hinged on storefronts that lined the promenade:Mitch Albom -- The Five People You Meet in Heaven
- [Promenade music starts and the circles start revolving.]Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim -- Westside Story
- Thoughts promenaded back and forth, telling me to drop down, to protect myself, at the same time denying everything in front of me.Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
- There were wonderful trees along the promenade above the beach, and there were many children sent down with their nurses before the season opened.Ernest Hemingway -- The Sun Also Rises
- He strolled out on to the promenade deck.Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
- Will you search the promenade?Becca Fitzpatrick -- Hush, Hush
- Sophie and Josh crossed Ojai Avenue and stepped under the arched promenade that ran the length of the block.Micheal Scott -- The Alchemyst
- She may cut off their tails with a carving knife, this husbandless wife, whose school friends are still promenading through their girlhoods.Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
- We find a bench on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, another one of Mia's favorite New York spots, she tells me.Gayle Forman -- Where She Went
- Rosie enters the big top, promenading beside August.Sara Gruen -- Water for Elephants
- She advances toward the Brooklyn Promenade.Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban
- Young people promenaded, but in rapid time, so you felt flirtation and desperate flying, both.Saul Bellow -- The Adventures of Augie March
- She takes my arm and we promenade, her chaperone—a Frenchwoman named Madame Lumière—three paces behind us.Libba Bray -- Sweet Far Thing
- Both teens dressed in caps and gowns and promenaded up onto the stage to accept their degrees.Joshua Davis -- Spare Parts
- During this time two black spiders, of the kind common in thatched houses, promenaded the ceiling, ultimately dropping to the floor.Thomas Hardy -- Far from the Madding Crowd
- Vittoria suspected he had made this eerie promenade many times since the Pope's death .... perhaps to pray at his tomb for guidance.Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
- Voice of SIMEONOV PISCHIN "Promenade a une paire!"Anton Chekhov -- The Cherry Orchard
- We were on the Promenade and she said to me, I like him.Junot Diaz -- Drown
promenade = public pathway for leisurely walking
promenade = walking leisurely — especially in a public place
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