Strolling

Examples

• And now, as he turned away, strolling down the hill toward the station, that anxiety remained with him as the visible justification of his own. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Why you are some strolling player perhaps! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• On the opposite and lighter side of the way, a short distance below me, a policeman was strolling along in the direction of the Regent's Park. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• While the questions and answers were going on, we had all been strolling quietly back through the plantation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He went by Fulham and Putney, for the pleasure of strolling over the heath. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I judged the fellows to be strolling conjurors, and the boy with the bag to be carrying the tools of their trade. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Strolling on, he thought of something else to take himself to task for. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He's a strolling actor, he is, and his name's Jingle; and if ever there was a wolf in a mulberry suit, that 'ere Job Trotter's him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He is a strolling actor! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I pray you, Sir Knight, said Rowena, to cease a language so commonly used by strolling minstrels, that it becomes not the mouth of knights or nobles. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• He caught Fangs strolling in the forest, and said he chased the deer contrary to his master's right, as warden of the walk. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• It was between nine and ten o'clock when, strolling in a melancholy manner through the town, I stopped at Mr. Omer's door. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I knew the way by which she would come, and presently found myself strolling along the path to meet her. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Surely the devil keeps holiday, and the priests are relieved from duty, that they are strolling thus wildly through the country. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

Edited by Debra