Example Sentences

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Families popped it over wood stoves; peddlers sold it in paper cones at circuses, carnivals and busy promenades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

You may think of Venice as a flat neighborhood of beach promenades and walkable, shop-lined boulevards, but that’s not taking into account the sidewalk mountain ranges scattered about the area.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2024

The state transportation department is replacing old, rusting metal pipes with broad, concrete promenades that provide more gradual gradients and gentler flows for salmon swimming upstream to access more spawning grounds.

From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2023

The Environment Agency said: "With yellow wind warnings and coastal flood alerts in the south west today, please stay safe and keep away from coastal paths, piers and promenades."

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2023

I feel like one of the famed courtiers depicted in the beauty-scopes or painted on Trianon's promenades and avenue boards.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton