joyriding

present participle of joyride

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for joyriding
Verb
  • Using unseen footage from Presley’s 1969 to 1976 Las Vegas residency, the movie plays the hits – plus The Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel – but also showcases his sense of humor, quipping with crowds and cutting up with bandmates.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 June 2026
  • Always cutting up and making memories.
    Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • Some manufacturers are trying to mimic the ICE car experience, such as retro-fitting old school motoring noises and gear simulations to entertain understimulated EV drivers.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 May 2026
  • Between the Orion spacecraft seamlessly motoring onward on the left of this image and two boosters mirroring one another on the right, this booster separation is picture perfect.
    Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • Three sitting rooms are complemented by a further three members’ social spaces for carousing in, concealed behind a subtle screen (here, DJs including Goldierocks make appearances, and mobile snaps are banned; staff politely place a sticker over mobile camera lenses).
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026
  • The team were meek in defeat, but after a weekend carousing and communing in central London, Newcastle fans arrived at Wembley with a collective hangover.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The woman who was driving the sedan was taken to a local Shock Trauma Center after sustaining serious injuries.
    CBS Baltimore Staff, CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • Not to be overshadowed by the outfielder’s efforts, Cody Morrissette also went 3 for 5, with one home run, as well as driving home Wallner with a two-out single to end the game.
    Staff Report, Twin Cities, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • The music video shows Rodrigo prancing around the actual Palace of Versailles, in a controversial babydoll dress singing about a boy looking like an angel on its walls.
    Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • At a preview, the free-spirited French designer, who spent years at The Row before joining Hermès in 2014, spoke about the wide range of her inspirations while prancing barefoot in a makeshift showroom at a film studio complex in Culver City.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 5 June 2026
Verb
  • Meanwhile, separate election security advocates have raised concerns about the technology's vulnerability to potential hacking attempts and transparency issues surrounding QR code tabulation.
    Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • Yeezy works into the evening, hacking at jagged spurs of plastic and tapping away with a special brass gunsmith’s hammer.
    Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Advertisement Defender Alex Freeman’s insurance goal in the 43rd minute wasn’t just notable for the athleticism Freeman displayed on a leaping header.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 20 June 2026
  • Dial it over to Sport mode, and the VLE is properly perky, leaping forward with just a modest flex of your right ankle.
    Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • Google and Samsung have been racing toward the same goal by incorporating Gemini into Android in recent years.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
  • China's Spacesail is racing to build a rival stack.
    Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
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“Joyriding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joyriding. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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