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verb

present participle of stroll
as in wandering
to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure people who like to stroll along the beach would seem to be well-represented among the clientele for dating services

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strolling
Adjective
  • The property is also within short walking distance of some recognizable hot spots: the Staples Center and the Los Angeles Convention Center.
    Adam Lapetina, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2020
  • These people are all within walking distance of one another in Rhinebeck.
    Ben Brantley, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2020
Adjective
  • In spite of the leisurely pace of change, To mix valiant drinks for the future.
    Czeslaw Milosz, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
  • With an elegant yet intimate atmosphere, guests will enjoy a leisurely evening of delicious food, good company, and celebration.
    Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Spend your days absorbing its wartime history, wandering the outdoor markets, dining on seafood, rejuvenating at a spa, or hiking secluded coastal trails before lolling on the white-sand beaches.
    Peggy Orenstein, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Claire understands where Rachel’s mind is wandering and follows her train of thought.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The overall effect is one of decadence laced with a creeping sense of horror.
    Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • As a child, she was plagued by anxiety and the creeping sense that adults, especially her mother, were keeping secrets from the kids.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2023
Verb
  • An ambling Eurasian badger appears to glance up at badger graffiti on a quiet road in St Leonards-on-Sea, England.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Nearly a year ago, while ambling through the forest, her parents were turned into unruly behemoths.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • According to Smithsonian, the institute’s idyllic backdrop, with open fields where patients could imagine animals roaming free, helped convince the doctor's dozens of patients that her practices were legit.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Who knows how regular this blues-rock gig will be for the perpetually roaming Murray, but the timing is good.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Backpackers found the country decades ago, drawn by staggeringly beautiful limestone mountains, elaborate Buddhist temples and an unhurried and inexpensive pace of life.
    Christine Chung, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Lipton Bot is unhurried and as soothing as chamomile, with a hint of basset hound around the eyebrows and an attentive tenderness that, impressively, never slips cheaply toward the sinister.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • At the Washington Department of Ecology, the state’s primary Hanford watchdog, people have had to stretch their imaginations to accommodate Hanford’s dilatory progress, said Cheryl Whalen, the agency’s cleanup section manager.
    Valerie Brown, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2018
  • He can’t be blamed for the agency’s dilatory response to problems at the plant.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 25 May 2022
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