How to Use sidewalk in a Sentence

sidewalk

noun

• Bicycles are not allowed on the sidewalk.
• The driver blocked the sidewalk and grabbed the suspect, knocking him to the ground.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 17 July 2023
• Friday evening in Times Square: Two boys sat on the sidewalk.
  — Olivia Bensimon Todd Heisler, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• Paparazzi on scooters and bikes zoomed down the sidewalk to keep up, the source said.
  — Max Foster, CNN, 17 May 2023
• The team sets tables out on the sidewalk in a line to distribute the grains, nuts, produce and then the frozen items.
  — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
• On the recording, the man on the sidewalk is seen stepping into the street and firing at the fleeing car.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
• Dear Amy: The other day, my wife and I were walking on the sidewalk and met a group of three high school kids.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2023
• The enormous tree’s root ball ripped up chunks of brick and concrete sidewalk.
  — Drew Kann, ajc, 15 Sep. 2023
• That summer, the pair took long walks on the beach, went swimming and carved their names in the concrete sidewalk in front of the motels.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
• The city said Wednesday that a break in the weather would allow crews to clear more streets and move snow from roads and sidewalks.
  — Becky Bohrer, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024
• The workers sawed through flexible yellow gas hose, pulled it from the walls and hauled it out to the sidewalk.
  — Jeff Brady, NPR, 4 Mar. 2024
• When the binders got too hot to hold, their would-be rescuers dropped them on the sidewalk, and ran from a fire that was now less than a block away.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• As a precaution, the city is closing off the sidewalk and on-street parking in front of the building.
  — John Sharp | [e-mail], al, 15 Sep. 2023
• The walk from Sky Ranch Park to the trailhead takes about 6 minutes along a paved sidewalk and there are a few steep sections.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2024
• The leaves on the trees lining the sidewalk had a mid-autumn fluorescence.
  — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2024
• For many New Yorkers, the sight of trash bags piled high on the sidewalk is unremarkable.
  — Larry Buchanan, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
• The family of four posed on the sidewalk together for a sweet photo to kick off their day.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
• Others were turned in after they were left behind on a park bench or a sidewalk.
  — Chelsia Rose Marcius Lanna Apisukh, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• About 150 people bunched outside the Theater on Podil in Kyiv, waiting in line on a sidewalk scraped of ice.
  — Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
• Andrew Dice Clay didn’t expect to find his next Big Shot eating his lunch on the sidewalk.
  — Dave Brooks, Billboard, 6 Feb. 2024
• The rumble of a mixing truck can be heard through the tent’s thin fabric, while a large group of ants hopes for a snack to fall to the ground on a nearby sidewalk.
  — Diego Nicolás Argüello, Pitchfork, 2 Nov. 2023
• At the time, fewer than 1% of the city’s sidewalks parcels had been certified as repaired and released.
  — Marissa Gluck, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
• The sidewalk out front collapsed from a construction leak.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• She was informed that her hedge was encroaching on the sidewalk and that trees needed to be trimmed.
  — Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
• That’s when Goodman allegedly approached a group of people on the sidewalk and shot the girl in the head, police said.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023
• In the photos, Kelce drove a Rolls Royce and walked on the sidewalk with the pal while heading to local spot, Rye, according to the outlet, to grab a bite to eat.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 18 Feb. 2024
• The pair appear to exchange words before Anthony shoots Brown, who falls out of the store and onto the sidewalk.
  — Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
• Police said the man was riding northbound on Seminary in the lane closest to the sidewalk.
  — Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
• In milder months the doors are perpetually open to the breeze and the sound of honking cars, as if the eateries are extensions of the sidewalk.
  — Alex Traub, New York Times, 24 May 2023
• People were on sidewalks and crossing streets and the (paparazzi) were crossing red lights.
  — Max Foster, CNN, 17 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024