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  • noun Plural form of amble.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amble.

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Examples

  • Forrest Griffin ambles into the workout room in the basement of Mandalay Bay on the Wednesday before the fight, almost unnoticed by the reporters, which is all the more difficult considering that he is 6 feet 3 inches tall.

    Rampage 2008

  • Forrest Griffin ambles into the workout room in the basement of Mandalay Bay on the Wednesday before the fight, almost unnoticed by the reporters, which is all the more difficult considering that he is 6 feet 3 inches tall.

    Rampage 2008

  • The two old ladies breakfasted in bed every morning, went out for drives at eleven and three o'clock, ( "ambles," Miles called them in scornful reference to the pace of the sleek old horses), retired to their rooms for naps after lunch, ate a hearty dinner at eight, and settled down for the night at ten o'clock.

    Betty Trevor George de Horne Vaizey 1887

  • And, in fact, another contender: a cat-mad Bob-groupie played by Kristen Schaal, who ambles off with every scene she's in.

    Butter – review 2011

  • The other, an 18-year-old with a history of domestic violence, ambles out of class in a black bubble jacket and jeans.

    Monitoring the District's troubled youth 2011

  • But then he ambles back to bed, snuggles in under the feather comforter and starts snoring again.

    Waking Up in Stillwater « Biodork 2010

  • Ricky Simms, who manages both Ohuruogu and Usain Bolt, ambles past and suggests staging a race between the East End Olympians – with each of them starting from their family home and seeing who might reach the stadium first.

    Christine Ohuruogu: It doesn't matter if I'm face of the Games or not 2011

  • Wearing a friendly, wide grin, he ambles into the U.S.

    No Time for Sergeants on DVD - The Retroist 2010

  • “Warped,” an easygoing ditty based on a 60s shag-rock sample, ambles along.

    The Edison of Managed Minutiae « PubliCola 2010

  • The other, an 18-year-old with a history of domestic violence, ambles out of class in a black bubble jacket and jeans.

    Monitoring the District's troubled youth 2011

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