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
The submarine was sailing off one of the beaches in the tourist promenade area. Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025 The pair embark on a playdate at a beachfront promenade before holing up in a foreign hotel to evade an increasingly frantic Lee. Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 May 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
  • There's a ton of kids here over Memorial Day weekend, more than the usual in the last few years, a lot of fights on the boardwalk.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
  • Wear it over your bikini with raffia slides, or on its own with sneakers for a boardwalk stroll.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2025
Verb
  • In its early days, John Lewis – the bloodied young activist who’d become a senior statesman representing Georgia in the US Congress – walked along DC’s BLM Plaza.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
  • Rodriguez walked passed the victims and two other people, then turned to face the victims' backs and fired several times at them, the affidavit said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • The views here can’t be beat because the restaurant is located right on the river—a walkway over the water leads you right to the dining room.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 1 June 2025
  • The Orioles are back on the field, newly aspiring joggers crowd the park walkways that are otherwise barren, and old heads are breaking out their three-wheeled Slingshots again, playing Jeezy so loud that windowpanes tremble.
    Lawrence Burney, Pitchfork, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • And if there was any doubt, Maddison and Sergio Reguilon, medals around their necks, paraded a banner around the pitch.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • China parades its new hypersonic missiles in Tiananmen Square.
    Iain Boyd, The Conversation, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The mall features the National World War II Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and Korean War Veterans Memorial, among others.
    Mark Edwards, The Washington Examiner, 26 May 2025
  • Until her death at age 25, Emily would beg to be taken to the carousel at the mall near her home in Columbia, Maryland.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 26 May 2025
Verb
  • Take-Two and EA are direct competitors, however, so the company would need to tread carefully.
    Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 19 May 2025
  • Deadline has contacted the festival to confirm whether the actor will tread the carpet.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 17 May 2025
Verb
  • Its footbed is lightly padded for support, and its strap is adjustable.
    Malia Griggs, Glamour, 30 May 2025
  • After that harsh lesson, the Phillies could be looking to pad their strong roster with some reinforcement at the trade deadline.
    Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Verb
  • Also, giant monster skeletons stride across the city.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 24 May 2025
  • But the biker strides up to the bar just as Colin is buying drinks and orders a few bags of chips for the crew playing darts.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025

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“Promenade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promenade. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.

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