[
US
/ˈkɹɑˌswɑk/
]
[ UK /kɹˈɒswɔːk/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈɒswɔːk/ ]
NOUN
- a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
How To Use crosswalk In A Sentence
- At First Avenue the crosswalk is blocked by a Con Ed van and an open manhole cover encircled by yellow rubber cones.
- It creates a world of cheerful saunterers along small bridges and crosswalks, and outdoor cafe couples with their glasses chiming.
- Every yellow car in the picture behind the crosswalk is a Ford Crown Victoria. Marco.org
- These were the treasures that awaited us at the local candy store, a mere crosswalk away.
- Sidewalks and crosswalks were stamped with a brick pattern and chemically stained.
- Not that other DC agencies, the courts, or police are much better — ped rights in unmarked crosswalks are ignored on all sides, there are few (if any) arrests for failure to stop and give right of way, no matter how aggressive the drivers involved have been. Matthew Yglesias » DDOT Decides That Speedy Cars are More Important than Pedestrian Safety
- She said marked crosswalks without lights provide a false security for pedestrians.
- And, you know, we ran up the sidewalk in and out of people and then, you know, ran across the street, you know, not looking for any kind of a crosswalk, which is kind of stupid I guess. CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2003
- Rally organizers with colored arm-bands link hands, forming a human chain at the crosswalks.
- Today's IT professional attends a meeting in the middle of a crosswalk, uploads his mission-critical documents in a coffee house, and checks his network stability with a cell phone.