joyridden

past participle of joyride

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for joyridden
Verb
  • Perry was also spotted behind the wheel of an electric vehicle and tooled around town with Trudeau riding in the passenger seat.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
  • Re-tooled with new signings, the defensive inadequacies and erratic finishing that had held the club back during his first campaign were eradicated.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Pedreira added that the announcement may be driven in part by growing pressure from Washington.
    Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 20 June 2026
  • The throttle and brake pedals have a long, relaxed travel, and the steering is equally slow, making for a machine that can be easily driven in a confident, calm way.
    Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • Walls motored easily into third.
    Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Over the Moon motored from Homewood Marina, a docking facility on the lake’s west shore below the ski hill of the same name, cruising south across a then calm lake to picturesque Emerald Bay.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • This episode is hilarious, but it’s been so ruthlessly hacked down to giggle moments and ironic smash-cuts that important action and context are missing.
    Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 16 June 2026
  • Handala claimed in March to have hacked the email account of FBI Director Kash Patel and published personal photos and other material online.
    CBS News, CBS News, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • The tradition of dragon boat races was born from the story that people raced out in boats to search for the poet and threw rice into the river so fish would not eat his body.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 June 2026
  • Across southeast Asia, governments have raced to facilitate deployment of electric vehicles and other fuel-efficiency measures.
    Justin Worland, Time, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • In that second leadership election, he was roundly defeated by Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran socialist whose victory dragged the party leftwards.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
  • As the Bucks dragged their feet on the Antetokounmpo situation, a number of other teams gave up on the season entirely.
    Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
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“Joyridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joyridden. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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