SIDEWALK in a Sentence

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For SIDEWALK, below is one of 45 sentences:
The lamp on the sidewalk burned on, making a tiny yellow circle of light which grew smaller and smaller as they moved away.

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 Meanings and Examples of SIDEWALK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sidewalk
 n.  a paved path for pedestrians at the side of a road
Classic Sentence: (39 in 3 pages)
1  The proprietor and two clerks stood on the sidewalk with armfuls of bolts of cotton cloth they had been displaying.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
2  At the same moment, Scarlett's eye was caught by a figure on the sidewalk in a brightly colored dress--too bright for street wear-- covered by a Paisley shawl with fringes to the heels.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
3  The hurrying lines pushed her back onto the packed sidewalk and she smelled the reek of cheap corn whisky.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
4  The lamp on the sidewalk burned on, making a tiny yellow circle of light which grew smaller and smaller as they moved away.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
5  As they walked along the narrow sidewalk toward Peachtree, Scarlett was dismayed and sorrowful, for Atlanta looked so devastated and different from what she remembered.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
6  The bricks of the sidewalk were broken and, for long stretches, completely gone.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
7  She heard the splash of hooves behind her and moved farther over on the narrow sidewalk to avoid more mud splotches on Aunt Pittypat's cloak.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
8  Confusion and dismay filled her when she saw Rhett alight from his horse and toss the reins over the arm of the cast-iron negro boy who stood at the sidewalk.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVII
9  None was in sight, but as she reached the sidewalk she ran against a small glossy-looking man with a gardenia in his coat, who raised his hat with a surprised exclamation.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 1
10  The completeness of the analogy was, however, disturbed as she reached the sidewalk by the rapid approach of a hansom which pulled up at sight of her.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 5
11  A concrete sidewalk with a "parking" of grass and mud.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
12  veterans, who when they gossiped sometimes squatted on their heels on the sidewalk, like resting Indians, and reflectively spat over the curb.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
13  She heard steps on the sidewalk.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
14  The young men capered along with their hands in their pockets, and sometimes tried a slide on the icy sidewalk.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VI
15  Without knowing why, we used to linger on the sidewalk outside the church when the lamps were lighted early for choir practice or prayer-meeting, shivering and talking until our feet were like lumps of ice.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VI
Example Sentence:
1  He parked his car along the sidewalk.
2  The sidewalk is very uneven—be careful where you walk.
3  BDownstairs, at the neighboring La Colonial Market, an employee barbecues chicken in a black kettle on the sidewalk.
4  We had to be mindful of every step we took on slippery sidewalk.
5  A gaggle of photographers huddled on the sidewalk beside a swelling crowd of onlookers.
6  Because the sidewalks are very slippery, please be careful.