ride - use in sentences

Object

  • motorbike: In his dissertation he questioned " why people ride motorbikes " .
  • horse: Perhaps they are trying to ride two horses at once.

Preposition: on

  • pavement: I don't ride on the pavements, jump red lights or cycle down the inside of traffic queues.

Adjective modifier

  • bumpy: The O Men characters are in for a bumpy ride!
  • rough: You wonder what comedy Utopia people are living in that this gets a rough ride from them.
  • smooth: The air resistance mechanism ensures a smoother ride than the piston resistance machines.
  • leisurely: Leisurely rides by the Cambridge Cycling Campaign are slower than most of the purely CTC ones.

Converse of object

  • hitch: Examine new purchases closely - sometimes Crassula or Azolla will hitch a ride on another plant.

Adjective complement

  • roughshod: Tesco must not be allowed to ride roughshod over a local democratic process in this way.

Noun used with modifier

  • rollercoaster: Welcome back to the wonderful rollercoaster ride that is the Retro Remakes news posts!
  • taxi: Midland Mainline operates regular busses to Corby town center, then a short taxi ride.
  • bike: The Foundation's major fund raising activity for the year 2000 is the bike ride.
  • fairground: The name of the Hebborn family can often be seen in Oxford on the side of their well-known fairground rides.
  • coaster: Everything has happened so fast, like being on a roller coaster ride, and that has been the pattern ever since.
  • sleigh: After their sleigh ride across the Southern Ocean, the crew will be ready for the holiday experience of a lifetime.

Modifies a noun

  • cymbal: The ride cymbal proper starts from 0:25, growing in intensity.

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