ambulate

Example Sentences

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The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were ambulate, ambulette and mutable.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023

The officer noted in her police report that Peterman was unarmed and used a walker to ambulate, the charges say.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2022

“Scooting is the only way he could ambulate independently,” she explained.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2017

You may find nurse midwives more sympathetic to your need to ambulate than obstetricians.

From Time Magazine Archive

Crippled muscles withered further, synapses wouldn't fire, wasted legs refused to ambulate.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer