How to Use pedestrian in a Sentence

pedestrian

1 of 2 adjective
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  • He lived a pedestrian life, working at the paper mill and living in his trailer.
  • The project can be viewed from the pedestrian bridge on the park’s main trail.
    — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 15 June 2021
  • Please park in Lot-5A and walk across the pedestrian bridge.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022
  • The truck tipped over and crashed into the base of a pedestrian bridge.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2021
  • The project includes a pedestrian bridge over I-44 from that city’s downtown to the park.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland, 21 July 2021
  • Plans there include a pedestrian bridge over the tunnel and a plaza.
    — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Police say the driver entered the mall from the south garage via a pedestrian bridge.
    — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022
  • There was obvious damage from the attempt to the pedestrian door to the garage.
    — cleveland, 27 May 2021
  • The Big Four market operates at the foot of the pedestrian bridge just over the Ohio River.
    — Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 10 May 2021
  • The grand prize winner of ArtPrize is an old phone booth on a pedestrian bridge.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The two sites are connected by a pedestrian bridge across the river on the northwest edge of the downtown area.
    — Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2022
  • On the north side, a new pedestrian bridge will replace an existing one over the stream.
    — baltimoresun.com, 26 May 2021
  • The engine rolled under the pedestrian bridge and blew its whistle.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Lines of laundry hang from a pedestrian bridge that stretches across one of the city’s busiest boulevards.
    — Dallas News, 2 Oct. 2021
  • The city also hopes to make more pedestrian use of the alley north of the market, half of which is privately owned.
    — Amelia Pak-Harvey, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The plan is to build a large pedestrian bridge at 900 West and another one that would cross the Jordan River.
    — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The block would be connected to the main casino via a pedestrian bridge over Broadway (Route 99).
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2022
  • The money will be applied toward the pedestrian bridge.
    — al, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Timberg had jumped to his death from a pedestrian bridge downtown.
    — Thomas Curwenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The trail features a pedestrian overpass bridge and two boardwalk bridges.
    — Zekriah Chaudhry, Star Tribune, 28 July 2021
  • The numbers, which have crept up in Drummond’s 12 games with the Lakers, are still pedestrian for centers.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2021
  • It was anchored in the shallow water between a pedestrian bridge and the town landing.
    — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The site plan also includes a pedestrian bridge and benches.
    — Beth Mlady, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The bridge is seeking recognition from Guinness World Records as the longest pedestrian glass bridge in the world.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 9 May 2022
  • People stopped on the sidewalk and a nearby pedestrian bridge to take pictures.
    — WSJ, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Another early part of the plan would be to build a pedestrian bridge from the town center across Route 9 to reach the waterfront.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2022
  • Also heavy on her mind are calls to reopen PedWest, one of two pedestrian routes through the port of entry.
    — Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The complex would be next to the pedestrian bridge, and across the river from the DAC Developments 246-unit apartment complex on the east bank.
    — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Additionally, a hike and bike trail with a pedestrian bridge will be installed along the top of the gabion wall as part of the Chisholm Trail expansion along Spring Creek.
    — Dallas News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Steam rose into freezing air off the Cumberland River as Kyle Elliott, 29, trudged above it on a pedestrian bridge, a guitar strapped on his back.
    — Jamie McGee, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
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pedestrian

2 of 2 noun
  • The car slid off the road and almost hit a group of pedestrians.
  • The driver of the jeep and the two pedestrians were taken to a hospital.
    — Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Complete your walk along the pedestrian path with a spin on the antique Trimper Rides carousel.
    — Karen Ruffini, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2023
  • Now the festival is moving to another part of the city — the area by the pedestrian bridge.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2023
  • Be mindful of pedestrians who may be walking around with their eyes on the sky.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2024
  • On the west side, there’s the Pacific Ocean and the new bike and pedestrian routes installed by Encinitas.
    — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2023
  • While trying to get on the running boards, the pedestrian was struck, police said.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Or being able to point at a pedestrian and find out where to buy their outfit.
    — Evan Williams, Ars Technica, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The pedestrian, the suit continues, died at the scene and five people in the two cars suffered injuries.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
  • To get to school, Huang had to cross a rickety pedestrian footbridge over a river.
    — Stephen Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The impact caused the Jeep to hit a pedestrian and a traffic light pole before coming to a final rest.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 3 June 2023
  • The pedestrian, who hasn’t been publicly identified, died at the scene.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Carlson said all cars would be required to stop and avoid hitting a pedestrian at up to 37 mph.
    — Tom Krisher and Ashraf Khalil, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
  • The partners plan to bring back a historic look, inside and out, as well as pedestrian traffic to the block’s wide sidewalks.
    — Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The two vehicles then struck two pedestrians, 53 and 50.
    — Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Fifteen pedestrians have been struck and killed by drivers so far this year compared with 28 all of last year.
    — oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The street reopened for pedestrians and cyclists in April 2020, but has remained closed to motorists.
    — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
  • There was no mention of the fact that three years earlier, Mr. Zhu had struck and killed a pedestrian in Pokhara after a night of drinking.
    — Claire Fu, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • And yet it is hidden at pedestrian level, its path marked only by metal discs on the streets above its course.
    — Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The pedestrian was in a crosswalk when hit by a Ford F-250 turning onto Piper from a parking lot, police said.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Start with a walk or peddle over the Big Dam Bridge, the continent's longest pedestrian and cycling bridge.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Are bikers or pedestrians more at danger in Utah than in other states?
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene, sheriff’s officials said.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024
  • But how did something so pedestrian — in the most literal of senses ...
    — Josh Robbins, National Review, 5 Apr. 2024
  • None of the deaths have been found to be Brightline’s fault — most have been suicides, drivers who go around crossing gates or pedestrians running across tracks.
    — Terry Spencer, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2023
  • In October, a human driver hit a pedestrian, flinging her into the path of a Cruise car, which then rolled over the person and dragged her for 20 feet.
    — Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Cruise initially said its vehicle swerved and braked, but still hit the pedestrian.
    — WIRED, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The city closed parts of the pedestrian trail that parallels the tracks about a week earlier, after movement was detected in the hillside.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The human driver who initially struck the pedestrian fled the scene and has not been located, according to Cruise.
    — David Ingram, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2023
  • He’s most recently been stationed in the traffic and pedestrian safety unit, and is going back to forensics work.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 14 Feb. 2024

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