promenade 1 of 2

as in boardwalk
a public place for strolling a beautifully landscaped park with a wide promenade along the riverside

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verb

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Recent Examples of promenade
Noun
Among the attractions are the sea promenade which takes you to the adjacent town of Diano Marina, and the 13th-century Clavesana Castle, once the bolthole for a medieval marquess, and now the location of a museum devoted to local culture. Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025 The Sliema promenade honors another Maltese martyr with a monument: Daphne Caruana Galizia. Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
Later, hundreds of naked bike riders promenaded around the event, most wearing hats to protect from the hot sun. Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023 Noah McWilliams’s two-monitor video divides a promenading entity from its legs, which are relegated to the lower screen. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for promenade
Recent Examples of Synonyms for promenade
Noun
  • Elizabeth Bartlett reminisces about walking the boardwalk in John’s Pass, Florida, where her family would regularly vacation.
    Rick Muach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The 10-foot-wide, four-block-long boardwalk is located between Georgetown Harbor and Front Street’s row of shops (don’t miss Waterfront Books) and restaurants.
    Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Dream Pairs Fisherman Sandals $30 $26 at Amazon Last summer, celebrity mom Katie Holmes made a splash walking around Manhattan in fisherman sandals.
    Claudia Fisher, Parents, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Jesus told the woman to leave her life of sin and walk in a new life of holiness.
    Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Before placing the stepping stones or walkway material, start by laying down cardboard along the path route.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2025
  • One of the suites is adapted for wheelchair users, with extra-wide walkways and support bars in the bathroom.
    Chris Schaklx, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Many of the returnees are then paraded on state-run TV as political trophies by Maduro’s regime.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The tech industry’s leading CEO’s rushed to contribute to Trump’s inauguration in January and paraded to Washington, D.C., for the event.
    Ari Levy, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • More: Trump sets sights on national African American history museum The Smithsonian Board of Regents recommended a site on the mall near the Tidal Basin.
    Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
  • For them, the mall exemplified everything not right with city officials and developers displacing entire waves of young artists, squatting or legally renting, in the name of better living through upscale retail.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But shifting the focus from treading water to achieving a compelling goal creates motivation and forward momentum.
    Andrew Neal, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • There’s still much to be mined from this storyline — but tread carefully!
    Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Larnach padded the lead with a two-run homer in the eighth inning.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
  • And the suitcases themselves were ugly: padded with textured black fabric, soft on one side, hard on the other, the malleable side bumpy and uneven with toiletries that had been stuffed in at the last moment.
    Elisa Wouk Almino, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • About 10 minutes later, Geragos strode back into the courtroom, directed his team to the door and walked out, with about 20 of the Menendez relatives and Erik Menendez's wife -- who all support the brothers -- following suit.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Nathan was close behind, striding methodically, and Seraphine trailed him in her bare feet, struggling to keep up, surveillance camera footage showed.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2025

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“Promenade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promenade. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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