[
US
/ˈpɑɹks/
]
[ UK /pˈɑːks/ ]
[ UK /pˈɑːks/ ]
NOUN
- United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)
How To Use Parks In A Sentence
- He said nothing as he took his horse's reins and mounted up, the pain causing sparks to flash behind his eyes and his vision to fuzz a little around the edges.
- Under the cover of darkness, exotic sports cars come alive with red-hot glowing brakes, flaming exhausts and sparks from contact as drivers battle both the elements and other drivers.
- Why do mindless vandals frequently ruin our beautiful parks and public buildings?
- The lights up and down the street fizzled and popped, their sparks the last bit of light on a suddenly darkened street.
- The uncertain flicker of the flames and sparks from our beacon (which, though itself invisible, darkened and lightened like sheet lightning), the dismal umbery glimmer of the waning moon, and the pale approach of day over the mountains to the east, made the face appear almost ghastly. The Dew of Their Youth
- Charity muttered something, raised her wand, and send electrical blue sparks towards the dragon.
- It sounds good and if it does result in more properly-managed concerts, fairs, festivals and community events being staged in the city's parks it has to be good news.
- His songs had gone from sublime to bizarre, compounded by his friendship with oddball lyricist Van Dyke Parks.
- Another of his campaigns is aimed at removing fences and railings from London's parks. Times, Sunday Times
- Sometimes she was housed by friends and sometimes she slept rough in fields and public parks. Times, Sunday Times