CYCLIST in a Sentence

Learn CYCLIST from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

20 example sentences for CYCLIST, such as:

1. A solitary cyclist was coming towards us.
2. A good cyclist does not need a high road.
3. I am told that he was an excellent cyclist.
4. The bus driver swerved to avoid hitting the cyclists.
5. The series of steep hills sapped the cyclists'strength.

Stories of USA Today
Materials for Reading & Listening Practice
 Input your word:
Want to search a word in classic works?
Search Classic Quotes
 Meanings and Examples of CYCLIST
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cyclist
 n.  a person who rides a bicycle
Classic Sentence:
1  For this reason I will now lay before the reader the facts connected with Miss Violet Smith, the solitary cyclist of Charlington, and the curious sequel of our investigation, which culminated in unexpected tragedy.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
2  It had been deserted when I left it, but now I saw a cyclist riding down it from the opposite direction to that in which I had come.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
3  A quarter of an hour passed, and then a second cyclist appeared.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
4  If he is an elderly man he is not this active cyclist who sprints away from that young lady's athletic pursuit.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
5  That there is a connection between the cyclist and the Hall.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
6  A solitary cyclist was coming towards us.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
7  When in your report you said that you had seen the cyclist as you thought arrange his necktie in the shrubbery, that alone should have told me all.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
8  A good cyclist does not need a high road.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
9  I am told that he was an excellent cyclist.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
10  And the flight was a swift one, since it took five miles before an expert cyclist could overtake them.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
11  We had turned off the road, and were making our way up the hill, when, looking in the direction of Holdernesse Hall, I saw a cyclist coming swiftly along.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
12  The sweat starts out on his forehead, and he bends over like a cyclist on the last lap of a race.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
Example Sentence:
1  A good cyclist can cover distances of over a hundred miles a day.
2  A helmet affords the cyclist some degree of protection against injury.
3  Overtaking the next cyclist on an Alpine climb is a dozen times harder than on the flat.
4  Kerry, an avid cyclist, was bicycling in Scionzier, France, just across the border from Geneva. He had set off to climb through an Alpine pass that is part of the Tour de France route.
5  The bus driver swerved to avoid hitting the cyclists.
6  On the descents, cyclists spin past cars, freewheeling downhill at tremendous speed.
7  The series of steep hills sapped the cyclists'strength.
8  The morning rush looks like chaos: cyclists ride in every direction, some ambling slowly, others pedalling furiously.