promenade
IPA: prɑmʌnˈeɪd
noun
- (formal) A prom (dance).
- A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.
- A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.
- A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.
verb
- To walk for amusement, show, or exercise.
- To perform the stylized walk of a square dance.
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Examples of "promenade" in Sentences
- The promenade along the harbor is nice.
- Its site was at the back of the promenade.
- Construction on the promenade began in the 1930s.
- It relocated to the west end of the promenade in 1954.
- The original peristyle was on a promenade with balustrades.
- The promenade along the Main River offers a relaxing stroll.
- In promenade of the house, the spaces experientially expand.
- Most of the promenade was destroyed, along with of the pier.
- The finest views of the walls are from the promenade on the waterfront.
- The crowds strolling the promenade are a mix of white, black and Indian.
- In addition, there are spacious promenades in the north east of the town.
- On either side of the promenade were the finest shops, the gaiest _cafés_.
- It opened up on Tuesday and you can get up to the promenade, which is roughly on the 16th floor or so.
- The development of the waterfront promenade is a central feature of the plan but full details have not been made public.
- At Rio's Leblon beach, the promenade is cluttered with placards showing larger than life pictures of politicians with very sincere faces.
- This promenade might be the best antidote to the problems created by the freeway and the rail line -- if it were better connected to the waterfront below it.
- In London during August the usual cheap evening orchestra concerts, so-called promenade concerts, were announced in a patriotic manner, with the comment that no German musician would be represented on the program.
- It now carries more than 121,000 trucks and automobiles a day and on the average Sunday, in good weather, more than a thousand people go walking or bicycling on the promenade, which is still the only one of its kind.
- I like night on bald mountain And Moussorgsky (who needs a pronounciation helper) has a nice piece called promenade or something that used to give my fingers a great workout on the piano (not that my kids will ever let me play solo anymore, they want to help).