How to Use sidewalk in a Sentence

sidewalk

noun
  • Bicycles are not allowed on the sidewalk.
  • The boy collapsed on the grass near the sidewalk and the man ran away.
    — Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 3 May 2022
  • The people in the car and the pair on the sidewalk got into a fight.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The sidewalk and street overlay work plan for the year.
    — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The restaurant is so small that the host stand is on the front sidewalk.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The oldest is 65, and one of the youngest is a 5-year-old child who was on the sidewalk.
    — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Another tip is to clean the stoop and the sidewalk near the home.
    — Terri Williams, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Around Des Moines, the perfume of lilacs scents the sidewalks.
    — Karla Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2024
  • The driver blocked the sidewalk and grabbed the suspect, knocking him to the ground.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 17 July 2023
  • The victims were all out in the open on the sidewalk or on the streets, Fitzgerald said.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Loud applause erupts from the sidewalk as the group cheers her on.
    — Chris Ajuoga, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2022
  • How would the blind tell the street from the sidewalk if electric cars spoke or barked?
    — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The shooter took up a firing stance and Hemphill fell to the sidewalk.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Stay off the road: If available, walk on sidewalks rather than the road.
    — Amy Kwan, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Pieces of the Tesla remained strewn about the street and sidewalk.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
  • Alan’s three daughters sat on the sidewalk in front of their house.
    — Matthew Klam, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
  • And then there was nothing to do but to put it out on the sidewalk on trash night.
    — Lucy Sante, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
  • Officers found the man on the sidewalk and spoke with him.
    — cleveland, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The man was advised to drive his wheelchair on the sidewalk.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The faux leather looks and feels like the real thing and hasn’t so much as scuffed on the New York City sidewalks.
    — Megan Schaltegger, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
  • But often the sites are a very small work area between a sidewalk and the street.
    — Steve Banker, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Friday evening in Times Square: Two boys sat on the sidewalk.
    — Olivia Bensimon Todd Heisler, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • After a short time, the man on the sidewalk sits up while the other man stands over him.
    — Chris Boyette, CNN, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Paparazzi on scooters and bikes zoomed down the sidewalk to keep up, the source said.
    — Max Foster, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • Draw a hopscotch court with sidewalk chalk and play a game or two.
    — Catherine Holecko, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • As the woman chases the teen outside the store, the contents of the purse are strewn onto the sidewalk.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The project will address the sidewalk gaps that exist on the current bridge.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Victims were all out in the open, either on the sidewalk or on the streets, police said.
    — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Police said the man was on the sidewalk on the 900 block of West Waveland Avenue just before 7 p.m. when he was shot in the left arm.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
  • Rock painting can elevate the fun of sidewalk chalk drawing.
    — Dr. Pooja Sarin Tandon, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025

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