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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
amble .
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Examples
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He blinked around him through his unshorn hair and without a word ambled into the roadhouse.
theRPGSite 2008
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He just kind of ambled out of the alley like he was out for a midnight stroll or something.
Sunlight Through The Shadows Magazine Volume 1 Issue 1 (ANSI Edition) 1993
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One night a large rat ambled down the corridor, stopped at our door, and looked in hopefully, as though we might invite him in for tea.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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The news story ambled through the facts for several columns, informing readers only right at the end that Admiral Nelson had been killed.
Media Maxine 2009
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I had removed my costume and was wearing just my corset, chemise, and petticoats Teddy quickly threw me a silk wrapper and was beginning to remove my heavy stage make-up when George ambled in.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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Hearing the ruckus, the king ambled over, startling Hart.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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As Janice and I ambled along the crowded sidewalk, I touched the Blessed Mother pendant ever-present around my neck and thought some more about my mother.
Brooklyn Story Suzanne Corso 2011
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Expecting nothing as I ambled up her walk one troubled day, I had found not only a funny and loveable healer, but a teacher and a friend.
Archive 2009-06-01 Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2009
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The woman kept her eyes on Tony as she strapped the children into a stroller while he ambled back to where I stood.
Brooklyn Story Suzanne Corso 2011
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Expecting nothing as I ambled up her walk one troubled day, I had found not only a funny and loveable healer, but a teacher and a friend.
We Are Remembered For What We Teach Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2009
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