Sample sentences for PROMENADE

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Definition

a public pathway for leisurely walking — especially one near the ocean

or:

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 = public pathway for leisurely walking

[Promenade music starts and the circles start revolving.]
Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim -- Westside Story

promenade = walking leisurely — especially in a public place

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

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