1
: a ride taken for pleasure (as in a car or aircraft)
especially
: an automobile ride marked by reckless driving (as in a stolen car)
2
: conduct or action resembling a joyride especially in disregard of cost or consequences
Examples of joyride in a Sentence
Some teenager stole my car and took it for a joyride.
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The joyride continued to the end where Malden Catholic emerged with the school’s first and only state baseball title with a pulsating 2-0 win over Marlboro.
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Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 10 May 2025
In June 2024, the pair recreated the video’s memorable car scene, in which Rodney and a 5-year-old Elijah go for a joyride down a dirt road.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 8 May 2025
In January, a group of teens broke into a pair of R trains parked along lay-up tracks in Brooklyn and took them for a joyride.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
Blue Origin, which Bezos started in 2000, has been offering the cosmic joyrides to celebrities and other paying customers since its New Shepard spacecraft began crewed launches in 2021.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
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Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 10 May 2025
In June 2024, the pair recreated the video’s memorable car scene, in which Rodney and a 5-year-old Elijah go for a joyride down a dirt road.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 8 May 2025
In January, a group of teens broke into a pair of R trains parked along lay-up tracks in Brooklyn and took them for a joyride.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
Blue Origin, which Bezos started in 2000, has been offering the cosmic joyrides to celebrities and other paying customers since its New Shepard spacecraft began crewed launches in 2021.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for joyride
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“Joyride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joyride. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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