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  • verb Present participle of parade.

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Examples

  • When I was very small, my favorite toys were Matchbox cars and a Fisher Price Gas Station, and by the time I was three, I could name virtually every make and model car on the streets, a dubious talent my parents delighted in parading for their friends.

    My Life in Cars 2007

  • The sisters joined teammates Meghann Shaughnessy and Alexandra Stevenson in parading the American flag around the Tsongas Arena court after the clinching match.

    USATODAY.com - U.S. advances to Fed Cup quarterfinals 2003

  • If replies to my posts are any measure, there is HUGE interest in parading my freakishness for all to see.

    Who's Gonna Run cvillenews.com? at cvillenews.com 2003

  • For us gringos, who are observers of, rather than bound up in, the traditions and celebrations of the Mexicans among whom we live, Los Dias offer an opportunity to admire other people's altars and grave decorations; to eat special foods like candy skulls and pan de yema (a glazed egg bread); to join parading masquers and musicians walking the streets and drinking mezcal.

    A small mound in Xoxo 2000

  • For us gringos, who are observers of, rather than bound up in, the traditions and celebrations of the Mexicans among whom we live, Los Dias offer an opportunity to admire other people's altars and grave decorations; to eat special foods like candy skulls and pan de yema (a glazed egg bread); to join parading masquers and musicians walking the streets and drinking mezcal.

    A small mound in Xoxo 2000

  • We delight in parading our self-doubts and our confusions not only before ourselves but before the world.

    A Tale of Two Cities 1964

  • Yet, again parading to the glass, 'What a shame, Indiana,' he cried, 'what a shame would it be to make such a sacrifice?

    Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth 1796

  • The three show courts today had on display the winners of a total of 51 grand slam titles parading their skills.

    Wimbledon 2010: Fans thrilled to be on the outside on 'Magic Monday' 2010

  • Morley's husband Eric Morley, a veteran British impresario, founded the Miss World pageant 52 years ago when controversy centered on the idea of parading contestants in bikinis.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • Apart from all other considerations, the notion of parading the streets in such a condition filled me with profound disgust.

    The Beetle Richard Marsh

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