sidewalk - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • hit: Moments after hitting the sidewalk in front of the station a small red car stopped in front of us and Greg Pickersgill got out.
  • move: People - very few - moved slowly down the sidewalks, hair alive and springy.
  • have: Soon, fashion superstars will have a sidewalk of their own.
  • clean: Old men in the city are put to work cleaning the sidewalks with toothbrushes.
  • use: Fortunately, cyclists are allowed to use the sidewalk.

Adjective modifier

  • wooden: Today, Dawson lives in the memory of its golden days. The place still has wooden sidewalks, unpaved roads and Western building facades.
  • narrow: Placencia is an off-beat little place that lays claim to the narrowest sidewalk in Belize.
  • concrete: My samples were growing out of cracks in the concrete sidewalk beside a busy four lane highway.
  • busy: For example, suppose the bicycle was chained on a busy sidewalk.
  • public: Streets are closed, and public sidewalks are open only to people with acceptable identification.
  • dirty: Without a doubt this was Randy Burlingame lying broken on the dirty sidewalk.

Modifies a noun

  • cafes: It's also brought a fabulous new marina with stylish shops and sidewalk cafés and a range of multi-million dollar homes.
  • cafe: There's time to shop, stroll along the Seine or just relax at a sidewalk café.
  • cafe: There were no more walks through the neighborhood, no more visits to sidewalk cafes.
  • table: This time we sat outside at one of the sidewalk tables.
  • chalk: My boiling point was finally exceeded just this year, when someone with a stick of " sidewalk chalk " scrawled JESUS LOVES YOU!
  • area: I then used a SHARP razor knife to cut " v " grooves where the grid marks were to simulate concrete sidewalk area.

Noun used with modifier

  • city: I will describe some of this research on path following in open areas, on city sidewalks, and through a park.

Preposition: in

  • front: Standing on the sidewalk in front of the house, I stared for a moment, bidding this family a fond farewell.

Preposition: with

  • toothbrush: Old men in the city are put to work cleaning the sidewalks with toothbrushes.

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