How do you use Joyride in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like ride or drive, plus the exact meaning.
Joyride meaning
- A ride in a vehicle taken solely for pleasure or enjoyment, especially a vehicle ride taken with no particular goal or purpose and just for the pleasure or enjoyment of a vehicle ride.
- An instance of driving a motor vehicle in a carefree or reckless manner, especially a vehicle which has been taken without the permission of the owner.
- A very pleasant experience.
Using Joyride
- The main meaning on this page is: A ride in a vehicle taken solely for pleasure or enjoyment, especially a vehicle ride taken with no particular goal or purpose and just for the pleasure or enjoyment of a vehicle ride. | An instance of driving a motor vehicle in a carefree or reckless manner, especially a vehicle which has been taken without the permission of the owner. | A very pleasant experience.
- Useful related words include: ride, drive, tool, tool around.
- In the example corpus, joyride often appears in combinations such as: for joyride, the joyride, joyride and.
Context around Joyride
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 3 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Joyride
- In this selection, "joyride" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, thrilling, carnivalesque, fuelled, worthy, near and album stand out and add context to how "joyride" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include for a joyride and join the joyride. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "joyride" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with joyride
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
European Tour (1989) * Join the Joyride! (6 words)
It’s been the greatest learning/joyride for all of us! (11 words)
A former Marine allegedly took a stolen Border Patrol vehicle for a joyride. (13 words)
The man who hijacked an Alaska Airlines plane in Seattle on Friday night taking it for a joyride before crashing on an island in a ball of flames has been identified as Richard Russell, a married 29-year-old Horizon Air employee. (42 words)
Although Roxette's commercial momentum in America was slowing down dramatically, elsewhere, singles from the Joyride album continued to become hits when "Spending My Time" and " The Big L. " charted in many countries. (33 words)
Police issued an Amber Alert for the young boy flooding the streets overnight and bombarding the media with images of Joseph, who became a passenger in an illegal and dangerous joyride. (31 words)
It’s been the greatest learning/joyride for all of us! (11 words)
European Tour (1989) * Join the Joyride! (6 words)
It was then that Roxette embarked on an ambitious worldwide tour. citation citation The Join the Joyride! (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
Jessica Mookherjee’s is a deeply thrilling joyride into a glamorous/anti-glamorous world of sex, drugs and stolen books.
The market of fertilizers has had its joyride the last few years as the war in Ukraine caused the prices to increase strongly.
A former Marine allegedly took a stolen Border Patrol vehicle for a joyride.
As such, it’s a carnivalesque joyride worthy of inclusion on any 2024 Top 10.
For his drug-fuelled joyride, he was eventually sentenced to 26 months in prison and disqualified from driving for 25 months during a court hearing in September.
Incredibly talented and inspired by the sounds of freedom and independence, this album is a fun joyride that offers sounds that just make you feel motivated and aligned.
Arnold, Ruby, and Ruby's cousin, Tracy were out for a joyride near Lake Andes, South Dakota.
Police issued an Amber Alert for the young boy flooding the streets overnight and bombarding the media with images of Joseph, who became a passenger in an illegal and dangerous joyride.
Far more likely is that bikes sold to people in densely populated cities are being used to joyride in large packs, endangering the general public.
It’s been the greatest learning/joyride for all of us!
THE British man who stole a coach in Benidorm before embarking on a reckless joyride could face up to seven years in prison, court documents reveal.
The company claims that Joyride has 14% better shock absorption than the soles of its other shoes.
Barr said she did not have information about how far the vehicle had been driven during the joyride.
But they strongly denied any suggestion the car had been taken for a joyride.
The man who hijacked an Alaska Airlines plane in Seattle on Friday night taking it for a joyride before crashing on an island in a ball of flames has been identified as Richard Russell, a married 29-year-old Horizon Air employee.
This has been an absolute joyride and we are cruising ahead like one big happy unit,” he added.
Although Roxette's commercial momentum in America was slowing down dramatically, elsewhere, singles from the Joyride album continued to become hits when "Spending My Time" and " The Big L. " charted in many countries.
European Tour (1989) * Join the Joyride!
Instead of releasing an album of brand-new material, Gessle and Fredriksson re-mastered older recordings, including several slated for but not included on Look Sharp! and Joyride.
It was then that Roxette embarked on an ambitious worldwide tour. citation citation The Join the Joyride!
Common combinations with joyride
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: