Used in a Sentence

parade

How to use parade in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for parade.

Editorial note

We should throw him a frickin ticker-tape parade.

Examples13
Definitions5
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a ceremonial procession including people marching

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of parade gathered in one view.

noun

a ceremonial procession including people marching

noun

an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things; "a parade of strollers on the mall"; "a parade of witnesses"

noun

a visible display; "she made a parade of her sorrows"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for parade.

noun

a ceremonial procession including people marching

noun

an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things; "a parade of strollers on the mall"; "a parade of witnesses"

noun

a visible display; "she made a parade of her sorrows"

verb

walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town"

verb

march in a procession; "the veterans paraded down the street"

Example sentences

1

We should throw him a frickin ticker-tape parade.

2

Some will interpret it as "pissing on a parade," as you see here, and will harass her.

3

Not to rain on anybody's parade - but how usable will this really be?

4

On behalf of all the idiots that decided to rain on your parade, I would like to apologize.

5

Don't mean to rain on your parade, OP. Just having a little fun... +-------------+ +-------------+ +-------------+ | | | | | | | No room | | Tear down | | Posters | | for | | this poster | | & Posers | | posters | | and put up | | differ by | | in your | | another | | only one | | MVP | | white board | | letter.

6

The rest is merely a painful, expensive, misbegotten parade of path dependency.

7

The endless parade of fragmentation discussions regarding Android all prove one thing: a lot of people don't understand what wins a market.

8

If you don't believe me, take a walk through Wrigleyville in Chicago on a Friday night, where you can see an endless parade of taxis picking up an endless parade of drunk students.

9

Elongated sentences can help give your writing a flow that a mere parade of short sentences can never hope to achieve, not even after a thousand rewrites.

10

That's what irritates people, the endless parade of bad design decisions that appear totally bad, with no upside, where they could have just as easily made a good decision and didn't.

11

Then look at this never-ending parade of surprised victims who lost their bitcoins just because somebody found a vulnerability in some hosting company's bespoke password reset form.

12

I'm going to leave the ad homs to one side, though I suspect a review of your comment history would reveal a parade of unwarrantedly self-assured geek autodidacticism... hey, it's milder than 'asshole'.

13

The poor, who care less about the quality of education their children are receiving, won't bother to fight back.> the parade of horribles that some people claim will happen if parents gain more choice has NOT happened in Minnesota over the last quarter centuryYou're ignoring the fact that Minnesota has one of the whitest populations of any state in the country.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use parade in a sentence?

We should throw him a frickin ticker-tape parade.

What does parade mean?

a ceremonial procession including people marching

What part of speech is parade?

parade is commonly used as noun, verb.