On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Pavement. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as paving or sidewalk and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Pavement meaning
- A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground.
- A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road.
- A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface.
Using Pavement
- The main meaning on this page is: A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground. | A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road. | A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface.
- Useful related words include: paving, paved surface, paving material, sidewalk.
- In the example corpus, pavement often appears in combinations such as: the pavement, pavement and, pavement outside.
Context around Pavement
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pavement
- In this selection, "pavement" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, permeable, combat, either, parking, maintenance and mums stand out and add context to how "pavement" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include mounted the pavement and addicts and pavement dwellers. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pavement" sits close to words such as airborne, collectors and facto, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pavement
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Alisha Goup, 16, was hit by Omar Choudhury after he mounted the pavement. (13 words)
Blanco was later found dying on the pavement outside, having apparently fallen from a balcony. (15 words)
But hang on, come along with me down the pavement I walked on this week. (15 words)
After Khalid bin Abdulaziz became King in 1975, the Mataf area was expanded and the stone pavement of the Masa was replaced with Greek, heat-resistant marble so that worshippers could circle the Kaaba more comfortably, especially at noon. (39 words)
Coun Stone said during last Wednesday’s debate that he was “not unsympathetic” to the council’s financial challenges and urged the new government to introduce new legislation to combat pavement parking and to invest in pavement maintenance. (38 words)
Anyone who loves cricket — and a lot of people who don’t — could listen to him all day, even if it’s just sitting here at a rickety table on a pavement in a Leeds suburb. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Coun Stone said during last Wednesday’s debate that he was “not unsympathetic” to the council’s financial challenges and urged the new government to introduce new legislation to combat pavement parking and to invest in pavement maintenance.
The neighbourhood has them regularly blocking the pavement and with school pupils using them and leaving them dumped on the pavement, mums with prams/pushchairs and the elderly struggle.
The restrictions were designed to address some of the problems associated with ‘pavement parking’ by prohibiting parking wholly or partly on a pavement at a number of specific locations.
Now, officials are hyping permeable pavement — a type of pavement that lets water flow through it rather than pooling on top of it — as a potential way to reduce ice without using road salt.
They will receive either pavement overlay or rehabilitation based on the existing pavement condition and age of the roads.
Shoulder pavement is designed to a lower standard than the pavement in the traveled way and won't hold up as well to traffic, so driving on the shoulder is generally prohibited.
After 8-9 pm, the wrestlers go for a bath, have dinner and then come back to sleep on the pavement.
After Khalid bin Abdulaziz became King in 1975, the Mataf area was expanded and the stone pavement of the Masa was replaced with Greek, heat-resistant marble so that worshippers could circle the Kaaba more comfortably, especially at noon.
Again, while traveling with my now ex-wife, we witnessed no fewer than three other vehicles which had struck the heavily pock marked pavement and had become disabled.
Ahead of Pavement’s 2023 Australian tour, speaks to guitarist Scott Kannberg (aka Spiral Stairs) about getting the band back together, challenging themselves, and engaging with a new generation of fans.
Alisha Goup, 16, was hit by Omar Choudhury after he mounted the pavement.
AN out-of-control bus mounted the pavement in Cadiz and ploughed into pedestrians killing three.
Anyone who loves cricket — and a lot of people who don’t — could listen to him all day, even if it’s just sitting here at a rickety table on a pavement in a Leeds suburb.
At night, the area looks shady, having been taken over by drug addicts and pavement dwellers.
At the surface level, the plan includes requirements for "green infrastructure," such as permeable pavement and landscaping that is designed to absorb water.
A video captured the two beauties engaged in conversation as they stomped around the Big Apple pavement.
Blanco was later found dying on the pavement outside, having apparently fallen from a balcony.
Bridge deck overlays, new bridge approaches, pipe cuts in the pavement and ramp reconstruction are just some of the items crews accomplished in the first week.
But hang on, come along with me down the pavement I walked on this week.
But her "escape was short-lived" as McHugh turned his steering wheel towards those outside a takeaway and mounted the pavement.
Common combinations with pavement
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the pavement 107×
- pavement and 18×
- pavement outside 13×
- on pavement 10×
- of pavement 9×
- pavement in 9×
- pavement to 9×
- pavement parking 8×
- pavement on 7×
- pavement at 6×