Example sentences for: sidewalks

How can you use “sidewalks” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • This section of town is particularly busy on Friday and Saturday nights, when the young locals jam the sidewalks and fill the many café tables.

  • I am impressed by the variety of activities, in addition to walking, that I observe taking place on the sidewalks in my neighborhood.

  • Today you are more likely to spot yuppies than hippies shopping in the clothing boutiques and record stores, although a number of homeless youth and posturing teens hang out on the sidewalks seeking spare change.

  • The street acquired its name in the 19th century, when it was laid out for the vehicles of the city’s Western residents; a more recent redesign evokes that era with red brick sidewalks and imitation gas lamps — but the boutiques along the street are up-to-the-minute.

  • If skin color as a proxy for criminal intentions were a precise tool--that is, if every young black man strolling the sidewalks were a mugger--it would be hard to criticize.


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