PERAMBULATE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for PERAMBULATE, such as:

1. The perambulator was passing across the lawn.
2. Both stood bending over a perambulator with a green umbrella.
3. According to traditions, the selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years.
4. Edna and her father looked very distinguished together, and excited a good deal of notice during their perambulations.

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 Meanings and Examples of PERAMBULATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
perambulate
 v.  make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)
 v.  walk with no particular goal
Classic Sentence:
1  But, then, as a small child in a perambulator, a great cart-horse had brushed within an inch of her face.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
2  The perambulator was passing across the lawn.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
3  A few weeks later, through the elaborate investigations of the Metropolitan police, the perambulator was discovered at midnight, standing by itself in a remote corner of Bayswater.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In THIRD ACT
4  On the morning of the day you mention, a day that is for ever branded on my memory, I prepared as usual to take the baby out in its perambulator.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In THIRD ACT
5  Both stood bending over a perambulator with a green umbrella.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 8: Chapter 17
6  Edna and her father looked very distinguished together, and excited a good deal of notice during their perambulations.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXIII
7  She often stopped there during her perambulations; sometimes taking a book with her, and sitting an hour or two under the trees when she found the place deserted.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXVI
8  And she perambulated around the outside of the house, investigating, looking to see if windows and shutters were secure and in order.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXIV
Example Sentence:
1  According to traditions, the selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years.