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Study the word AMBLE: (Source) To amble somewhere, or to amble along, is to move or walk along in a slow, relaxed way. These people are ambling down the hallway. They're in a good mood. They're taking their time as they get where they're going. They're ambling. (Source) You might amble down the sidewalk with a friend, talking and laughing, hands in your pockets. (Source) You might amble through a shopping mall with your family, or amble down a beach on horseback with a friend. (Source) Although it's usually people or animals who amble—or sometimes vehicles, like this ambling bus—you can also get figurative and say that your afternoon, your summer, or even your whole childhood or life is ambling along, meaning it's passing by in a slow, unhurried, unworried way. (Source)   Make a flash card: You can write your own definition and choose your own picture, or copy mine. Term Definition Picture amble to take your time as you walk somewhere   Write your own sentence! You can use either of the two ideas I'll suggest, or you can invent your own. Include as much detail as you can! (Source)   Write a sentence with the word AMBLE: Remember: ambling is walking or moving along at a nice, easy pace, because you're feeling relaxed and unrushed. Idea 1: "(A person or a four-legged animal of some kind) ambled (his or her) way over to us, gazing at (something) and pausing to (do something)." Idea 2: "It was a nice, lazy (morning or afternoon) on a (particular day of the week), and I'd just ambled into (some room or building) to (get something to eat, or do something relaxing)." You can type in here. When you're done, copy and paste your sentence wherever you'd like it to go.