Amble
verb
To walk slowly and leisurely, often aimlessly.
She would normally amble along the beach every morning.
Often appears as...
- amble along
- amble around
noun
A slow and leisurely walk or stroll.
They took a calm amble around the park.
Often appears as...
- take an amble
- go for an amble
verb
In the context of horses, to move at a pace slower than a canter and faster than a walk.
The horse started to amble towards the finish line.
Often appears as...
- horse ambles
- amble along
verb
To walk slowly and leisurely, often aimlessly.
She would normally amble along the beach every morning.
Often appears as...
- amble along
- amble around
noun
A slow and leisurely walk or stroll.
They took a calm amble around the park.
Often appears as...
- take an amble
- go for an amble
verb
In the context of horses, to move at a pace slower than a canter and faster than a walk.
The horse started to amble towards the finish line.
Often appears as...
- horse ambles
- amble along
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Casual Use
Use 'amble' to describe relaxed walking where there is no hurry.
After dinner, we'd amble through the quiet streets.
Pro Tip 2/3No Destination
'Amble' often implies walking without a clear end point.
They would amble around the fair, looking at everything.
Pro Tip 3/3Relaxed Mood
Using 'amble' suggests a peaceful or contented mood.
He ambled by the river, lost in thought.
Pro Tip 1/3Casual Use
Use 'amble' to describe relaxed walking where there is no hurry.
After dinner, we'd amble through the quiet streets.
Pro Tip 2/3No Destination
'Amble' often implies walking without a clear end point.
They would amble around the fair, looking at everything.
Pro Tip 3/3Relaxed Mood
Using 'amble' suggests a peaceful or contented mood.
He ambled by the river, lost in thought.
Pro Tip 1/3Casual Use
Use 'amble' to describe relaxed walking where there is no hurry.
After dinner, we'd amble through the quiet streets.
Pro Tip 2/3No Destination
'Amble' often implies walking without a clear end point.
They would amble around the fair, looking at everything.
Pro Tip 3/3Relaxed Mood
Using 'amble' suggests a peaceful or contented mood.
He ambled by the river, lost in thought.
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 129 PIPE...
that he's not that afraid at the moment and so whether that's a good thing or a bad thing I'm not quite sure but either way it's so epic to have a liquid to finish the show and you can see he's just kind of ambling right past us as he does so I'm just going to try and stay out the way of the infrared lights and
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Safari Live - Day 288 PIPE...
where they like to normally sit they might be on the other side of the dam somewhere they often do sit there's a tree that's kind of in front of the last rooms that they sometimes a death right well we are you going to millibars on chatter we'll amble and see what we can find in the meantime they're back up
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The myth of Narcissus...
No one was sure exactly what to make of this. And, in the meantime, Narcissus grew into a proud youth. His good looks attracted many admirers. But he preferred to amble through life on his own and left a trail of broken hearts in his wake.
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What In the World Is a...
other kind of primate but it is actually a member of the carnival recorder its closest relatives include the coati and the raccoon but whereas the raccoon ambles on the ground the kinkajou spends almost its entire life high up in the
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Cute and Cuddly...
other kind of primate but it is actually a member of the carnival reporter its closest relatives include the coati and the raccoon but whereas the raccoon ambles on the ground the kinkajou spans almost its entire life high up in the
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Why are sloths so slow?...
and that was small compared to megatherium, which could reach six metric tons, as much as an elephant. They ambled through the forests and savannas using their strong arms and sharp claws to uproot plants and climb trees,
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Janine di Giovanni: What...
in a miniskirt and high heels. She worked in a bank. She was a young mother. She was someone who liked to party. Great person. And suddenly she sees a tank ambling down the main road of Sarajevo
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Safari Live - Day 333 PIPE...
on us you can hear there's not too much bird calls either and so we gonna amble through past different water holes and see what we can find and hopefully they we can come
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Why are fish fish-shaped?...
Handfish look like they have legs, but really these limb-like structures are fins, modified to help them amble across the sea floor. For fish, motion underpins survival,
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Why can't some birds...
In the lush rainforests of Australia, birds roost in the low branches and amble across the forest floor, enjoying the shade and tropical fruits.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 129 PIPE...
that he's not that afraid at the moment and so whether that's a good thing or a bad thing I'm not quite sure but either way it's so epic to have a liquid to finish the show and you can see he's just kind of ambling right past us as he does so I'm just going to try and stay out the way of the infrared lights and
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 288 PIPE...
where they like to normally sit they might be on the other side of the dam somewhere they often do sit there's a tree that's kind of in front of the last rooms that they sometimes a death right well we are you going to millibars on chatter we'll amble and see what we can find in the meantime they're back up
Video examples
The myth of Narcissus...
No one was sure exactly what to make of this. And, in the meantime, Narcissus grew into a proud youth. His good looks attracted many admirers. But he preferred to amble through life on his own and left a trail of broken hearts in his wake.
Video examples
What In the World Is a...
other kind of primate but it is actually a member of the carnival recorder its closest relatives include the coati and the raccoon but whereas the raccoon ambles on the ground the kinkajou spends almost its entire life high up in the
Video examples
Cute and Cuddly...
other kind of primate but it is actually a member of the carnival reporter its closest relatives include the coati and the raccoon but whereas the raccoon ambles on the ground the kinkajou spans almost its entire life high up in the
Video examples
Why are sloths so slow?...
and that was small compared to megatherium, which could reach six metric tons, as much as an elephant. They ambled through the forests and savannas using their strong arms and sharp claws to uproot plants and climb trees,
Video examples
Janine di Giovanni: What...
in a miniskirt and high heels. She worked in a bank. She was a young mother. She was someone who liked to party. Great person. And suddenly she sees a tank ambling down the main road of Sarajevo
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 333 PIPE...
on us you can hear there's not too much bird calls either and so we gonna amble through past different water holes and see what we can find and hopefully they we can come
Video examples
Why are fish fish-shaped?...
Handfish look like they have legs, but really these limb-like structures are fins, modified to help them amble across the sea floor. For fish, motion underpins survival,
Video examples
Why can't some birds...
In the lush rainforests of Australia, birds roost in the low branches and amble across the forest floor, enjoying the shade and tropical fruits.
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Quote examples
Thomas Mallon
American Novelist
The Czech Republic, severed from its old Slovak half, sits in apparent landlocked contentment, inside the European Union but outside the troubled Euro Zone, set into the new Continental mosaic like one of the small sturdy paving stones, just a few inches square, that form the sidewalks under the visitor's ambling feet.
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Mary Karr
American Poet
If dysfunction means that a family doesn't work, then every family ambles into some arena in which that happens, where relationships get strained or even break down entirely. We fail each other or disappoint each other. That goes for parents, siblings, kids, marriage partners - the whole enchilada.
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Tahl Raz
American Journalist
The role of president, as George W. Bush commented in 2000, requires vision, management, and an eye for talent - not so different from that of CEO. But during the first years of Carter's presidency, his Cabinet was anything but businesslike, beset by infighting and meetings that ambled.
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Elizabeth McCracken
American Author
There was a time in my life when I wasn't sure I'd ever write a short story again because I had started writing novels, and I am fundamentally a lazy person, and the fact is that a novel is a lazy person's form, really. That is, you can amble; you can digress.
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Shakuntala Devi
Indian Writer
Many go through life afraid of numbers and upset by numbers. They would rather amble along through life miscounting, miscalculating and, in general, mismanaging their worldly affairs than make friends with numbers.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
I once belonged to a health club, where it cost me £2,000 a year to amble on a treadmill for half an hour a week and sit and read Grazia in the cooling-off area.
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Lynn Coady
Canadian Novelist
No one expects the doormat to stand upright, shake itself off, and amble down the street to seek its own happiness.
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Henry Mancini
American Composer
I've had pieces in my catalog that kind of amble along, that really never go anywhere, but are known and liked.
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James Earl Jones
American Actor
I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one thing to the other.
Quote examples
Thomas Mallon
American Novelist
The Czech Republic, severed from its old Slovak half, sits in apparent landlocked contentment, inside the European Union but outside the troubled Euro Zone, set into the new Continental mosaic like one of the small sturdy paving stones, just a few inches square, that form the sidewalks under the visitor's ambling feet.
Quote examples
Mary Karr
American Poet
If dysfunction means that a family doesn't work, then every family ambles into some arena in which that happens, where relationships get strained or even break down entirely. We fail each other or disappoint each other. That goes for parents, siblings, kids, marriage partners - the whole enchilada.
Quote examples
Tahl Raz
American Journalist
The role of president, as George W. Bush commented in 2000, requires vision, management, and an eye for talent - not so different from that of CEO. But during the first years of Carter's presidency, his Cabinet was anything but businesslike, beset by infighting and meetings that ambled.
Quote examples
Elizabeth McCracken
American Author
There was a time in my life when I wasn't sure I'd ever write a short story again because I had started writing novels, and I am fundamentally a lazy person, and the fact is that a novel is a lazy person's form, really. That is, you can amble; you can digress.
Quote examples
Shakuntala Devi
Indian Writer
Many go through life afraid of numbers and upset by numbers. They would rather amble along through life miscounting, miscalculating and, in general, mismanaging their worldly affairs than make friends with numbers.
Quote examples
Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
I once belonged to a health club, where it cost me £2,000 a year to amble on a treadmill for half an hour a week and sit and read Grazia in the cooling-off area.
Quote examples
Lynn Coady
Canadian Novelist
No one expects the doormat to stand upright, shake itself off, and amble down the street to seek its own happiness.
Quote examples
Henry Mancini
American Composer
I've had pieces in my catalog that kind of amble along, that really never go anywhere, but are known and liked.
Quote examples
James Earl Jones
American Actor
I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one thing to the other.
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