joyriding

present participle of joyride

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for joyriding
Verb
  • Always cutting up and making memories.
    Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
  • In response, staff proposed cutting up to five meetings per commission in the next fiscal year, along with other cost-saving measures such as freezing community ambassador stipends, to help close the city’s projected $66 million budget gap.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 19 May 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
  • And much of their Finals journey was overshadowed by the OJ Simpson case that began with a white Ford Bronco slowly driving down Southern California freeways in the middle of the opening game.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
  • Investigators said Morabia Siddhi Suresh, 33, of Fremont, California, had been driving in rainy conditions when she was involved in a separate collision, according to Kentucky State Police.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 14 June 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Some don’t have any visible Ferrari branding at all – much as how, minus its prancing horses, the Luce doesn’t share much of its maker’s DNA.
    Alistair Charlton, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • No Hollywood-style hacking screen.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
  • Yoni Ramon, who previously led Tesla’s in-house hacking team, is launching his own startup focused on fixing cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • Khoukhi, a 35-year-old who has been in the Qatari national team program since 2013, scored the historic goal by drilling the header while leaping over a Swiss defender.
    Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
  • Mann’s third feature, this is where his filmmaking took on a true supercharge, leaping ahead in style and intensity.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • Better engines, improved aerodynamics, more capable brakes, and increasingly sophisticated batteries have all made the journey from racing circuits to production vehicles.
    James Morris, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • Patrick Dempsey is ready for a weekend of racing ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco on June 5.
    People Staff, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
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“Joyriding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joyriding. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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