Essential Word Roots: Walk the Walk: Amb

Coraline ambled across the meadow toward the old tennis court, dangling and swinging the black key on its piece of string as she walked. Coraline

In the ambulance en route to the hospital, Vivian sat up front with the driver, who was also a paramedic. Silent To The Bone

En route, one of my heels broke off, requiring me to ambulate in a gait even less dignified than my trot: half tiptoeing, half limping. New York Times (Apr 15, 2015)

Twin B rehearsed all the ambulatory milestones — crawling, walking, cycling, skating, etc. — while his twin watched, then copied the skill when it was mastered. New York Times (Aug 20, 2018)

A female funambulist, Maria Spelterini, on various occasions tightrope-walked across the Niagara Gorge with peach baskets on her feet, blindfolded, or manacled. New York Times (Jun 14, 2012)

The audience perambulates around the building following the six singers and three versatile musicians: cello, violin and harpsichord. The Guardian (Jan 12, 2013)

Its language bears an extraordinary similitude to the preamble of the Constitution of the United States, in its spirit and idea. Drake, Samuel Adams

I began to scramble up the slippery rocks in the direction of the bark. Rebecca

Young men somnambulated toward photographers in board shorts and leis — their face a waxy glow and fake blood dripping from the corners of their mouth. Washington Post (Jul 15, 2015)

People turned away, and from that moment they walked more slowly, like somnambulists, as if they no longer knew where they were going. The New Yorker (May 29, 2017)