noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
shovel the driveway/sidewalk etc American English (= shovel snow from a road or path )
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Everyone was out shoveling their sidewalks.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
stand
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She stood rooted to the sidewalk , her mind a whirl of dislike.
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Ezra stood on the sidewalk with the river and the mill over his shoulder.
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He was simmering down, or more exactly, getting a little tired as they stood on the sidewalk waiting for a street-car.
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Ward stood on the sidewalk and shook hands with Charles.
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He stood there on the sidewalk and wept.
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Some of us are standing on the sidewalk and others are running after the wagon not sure if they want on.
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If officers stood on the sidewalk as he walked by, he bowed ingratiatingly at them.
walk
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I was walking on sidewalks , not edges of pastures, not dirt roads.
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They walked off the brick sidewalk , into the street and back again, circling the crowd without looking at them.
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Riker and I walked along the narrow sidewalk , gawking at the strangeness of it all.
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Kids in bathing suits were walking along the sidewalk in that shivery way you walk after getting out of a swimming pool.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A woman in a yellow sundress came toward him, then veered quickly off the sidewalk .
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Consequently, most merchants simply open their stores or kiosks, frequently by invading parts of the street or the sidewalk .
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Garbage blowing on the sidewalk would offend them as much as would a dully designed highrise.
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I shrank back into the shadows of the alley and saw people passing by on the sidewalk .
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It would, I thought, take me the rest of my life to get used to sidewalks.
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Outside there was snow and slush along the streets and sidewalks.
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Returning to the side door, he stood just inside it for a while and then stepped out to the sidewalk .
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She stood rooted to the sidewalk , her mind a whirl of dislike.