How to Use crosswalk in a Sentence

crosswalk

noun
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  • That's when the driver hit the man in the crosswalk and sped away.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 16 Feb. 2022
  • At one point the bear even crossed the street by using the crosswalk.
    — CBS News, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Thompson noted that James was not in the crosswalk at the time of the crash.
    — Alana Minkler, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2020
  • Police said the boy was not in a crosswalk when he was struck.
    — Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 8 June 2021
  • The sidewalk on the north side would switch to the south side with a crosswalk at Woolsey Avenue.
    — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Without looking, a kid just crossed the street in the crosswalk.
    — Star Tribune, 18 July 2021
  • The woman, headed north in the crosswalk, had the right of way, police said.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The driver failed to stop at a stop sign and hit the pedestrians in a crosswalk.
    — Sarah Freishtat, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2021
  • One was shoved and then shot in the groin while holding a banner in a crosswalk.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2021
  • And a crosswalk for the people in the apartment who jaywalk.
    — Doug Smithsenior Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2022
  • Dozens of people streamed out of the subway and into the crosswalk.
    — New York Times, 13 May 2024
  • Do not block a crosswalk when stopped at a red light or waiting to make a turn.
    — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The boy was in the crosswalk when he was struck by the vehicle in the area of Great Road near Harris Street at about 6:15 p.m.
    — Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Both were crossing the street in a marked crosswalk at the time of the collision, police said.
    — David Zahniserstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The girl was in a crosswalk on a scooter and with a woman and two other children at the time.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
  • The City Council will consider the request to paint the crosswalks April 5.
    — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Cho was not in the crosswalk at the time he was struck, and the driver who hit him remained at the scene, police said.
    — Taylor Deville, baltimoresun.com, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Officers at the scene say all three of the people were in the crosswalk on Linn Street when they were hit.
    — Jared Goffinet, Cincinnati.com, 2 June 2020
  • The victim wasn’t crossing in a crosswalk and stepped in front of the Mercedes driver.
    — Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The colors of the rainbow flag are painted into the crosswalks.
    — USA Today, 26 June 2023
  • The student was riding their bike to school in the crosswalk on Highway 67 when a car struck them.
    — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The girls appeared to have been mid-block, away from the crosswalk, when the incident happened, the email said.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Do not cross mid-block unless there is a marked crosswalk.
    — Dallas News, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The rider had a green light and the pedestrian was not in a crosswalk, police said.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The bollards are meant to stand at each crosswalk along Bourbon Street.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The woman was not walking in a crosswalk when police said she was hit by the SUV.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 25 Oct. 2020
  • The area where the collision occurred is not well-lit and does not have a crosswalk, Holt said.
    — Sara Tabin, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Street hit the man, who was walking outside a crosswalk, about 7:40 p.m.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2020
  • The restriction only applies to the approaching side of the road before a crosswalk.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The bottom line: Families of people killed in crosswalks last year are waiting for Teare's next move in their cases.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025

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