How to Use joyride in a Sentence

joyride

noun
Definition of joyridenext
Synonyms for joyridenext
  • Some teenager stole my car and took it for a joyride.
  • But don’t be fooled: the downhill slope is not a joyride.
    — New York Times, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Talk to Bears alumni who have been on the joyride at its peaks.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Twenty years ago, Les Bleus won their first World Cup, and took the world on a joyride.
    — Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com, 13 June 2018
  • Others steal the car for a joyride, crash it into a tree and abandon it.
    — Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The charges stem from Dec. 20 joyride through the parking lot of the Holly Academy.
    — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2017
  • This 90-minute joyride at the historic Club Fugazi in North Beach is perfect for a great night out!
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The 19-year-old Waukesha man charged in a joyride that resulted in the death of his friend will not have to go to prison.
    — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Afterward, the teens went on a joyride in Jordan’s Lexus for days.
    — Michael Gordon, charlotteobserver, 12 July 2017
  • Pierson told the station Boland would sometimes land on his farm and the two would go for a short joyride.
    — Fox News, 17 July 2021
  • Yet on his Bitcoin joyride, the merry prankster’s got no more control than a drunk at the wheel.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 12 May 2022
  • The music video for the song lives in the world of Dirt Femme, as Tove Lo goes on a carefree joyride through the desert with a robot lover.
    — Chris Malone Méndez, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The teenagers then took his car on an hours-long joyride after the shooting, police said.
    — oregonlive, 1 Jan. 2020
  • To read through her archive there is to take a joyride with a woman less and less patient.
    — Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2021
  • The parents didn't find out about the joyride until police called them after the crash.
    — Fox News, 3 June 2021
  • The streetcar has been criticized as a tourist's toy or a joyride for people on the way to or from bars.
    — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 9 May 2018
  • This is one big reason the franchise up to now has been such an escapist joyride.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Many of the cars are recovered within a few days after the thieves are done with their joyrides.
    — Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The joyride ended with a walk down the tunnel in a huff, the seething noticeable in Jonathan Quick’s waddle.
    — Curtis Zupke, latimes.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Here’s the underlying theme of this joyride through Texas.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The result: a fun, comfy joyride at near-normal bike speeds.
    — Roy M. Wallack, latimes.com, 5 July 2018
  • The historic joyride made Shatner the oldest person to reach space.
    — NBC News, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The movie is a genre joyride and a philosophical puzzle.
    — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Day Off, the movie will follow the valet attendants who took Cameron’s dad’s Ferrari for a joyride.
    — Vulture, 19 Aug. 2022
  • With sunny skies and not a rain cloud in sight, Saturday was a perfect day to go for a joyride.
    — Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2019
  • The open-cockpit projectile was designed for high-speed, open-air joyrides on the street or track.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The Bears are charging into a season full of hope and yet the loose lug nut that caused last year’s joyride to crash and burn has still not been fixed.
    — Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 24 July 2019
  • Often, teenagers take cars for joyrides and abandon them in Hartford.
    — Jesse Leavenworth, Courant Community, 10 July 2018
  • As such, the vessel is well-suited to a range of activities, from fishing adventures to joyrides.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2024
  • When a 10-week joyride with a girlfriend, funded with credit cards stolen from his dad, landed him in juvenile court, the judge ordered him to join the military.
    — thehustle.co, 14 June 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'joyride.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: