[
US
/ˈsaɪdˌwɔk/
]
[ UK /sˈaɪdwɔːk/ ]
[ UK /sˈaɪdwɔːk/ ]
NOUN
- walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway
How To Use sidewalk In A Sentence
- On the sidewalk Soapy began to yell drunken gibberish at the top of his harsh voice.
- Trees lined the sidewalks, creating shade for relaxing walks on summer days.
- Walking down her long driveway, she paused briefly to check the mail in the letter box before continuing down to the sidewalk.
- Every evergreen bough groaned with half a foot of snow; the streets and sidewalks had disappeared.
- The two joggers seemed surprised when a motorized wheelchair zipped past them on the downtown Denver sidewalk.
- A few well-garlanded madams of the society crowd passed by, gossiping, their rich black minks set for the chill in the Springtime air, their heels clopping gently on the sidewalk.
- The enticement of an exploration permit was strong enough to draw a half-dozen miners to the sidewalk.
- Its presence was announced not by sidewalk canopies and grand spotlit foyers but by a single brass wall-plaque. COMPULSION
- EXAMPLE: The street merchant is a skilled pitchman who can attract a crowd to his tiny sidewalk stand within less than a minute.
- That means telecoms can finally put fiber-optic lines into people's homes, where cables often run up against right angles and tight squeezes from the sidewalk to the house.