How to Use crosswalk in a Sentence

crosswalk

noun
  • These crosswalks need to be cleaned.
    — Nick Caloway, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Then what about the green and white crosswalks?
    — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Police said the boy was not in a crosswalk when he was struck.
    — Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 8 June 2021
  • But what if a few buckets of white paint could save the crosswalks?
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
  • At one point the bear even crossed the street by using the crosswalk.
    — CBS News, 25 Apr. 2022
  • That's when the driver hit the man in the crosswalk and sped away.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The nearest crosswalk on the high-speed state road was about a mile away.
    — Scott Rodd, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2018
  • Do not block a crosswalk when stopped at a red light or waiting to make a turn.
    — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2021
  • On a marked or unmarked crosswalk.
    — Sacbee.com, 27 Nov. 2025
  • The town’s crosswalks are painted green.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026
  • It was not known whether Parker was in a crosswalk when he was hit.
    — Alexis Stevens, ajc, 6 June 2018
  • One was shoved and then shot in the groin while holding a banner in a crosswalk.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Without looking, a kid just crossed the street in the crosswalk.
    — Star Tribune, 18 July 2021
  • On each end of the crosswalks, yellow lights flash from the tops of metal posts.
    — David Lyons, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Nov. 2019
  • State standards require crosswalks to have plain white lines.
    — Everton Bailey Jr, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The driver failed to stop at a stop sign and hit the pedestrians in a crosswalk.
    — Sarah Freishtat, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Pedestrians cross where there is no crosswalk.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
  • But the Delray Beach crosswalk doesn’t have those white bars.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Thompson noted that James was not in the crosswalk at the time of the crash.
    — Alana Minkler, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2020
  • The front of her SUV struck the man, who wasn’t in a crosswalk.
    — Annie Martin, orlandosentinel.com, 4 July 2019
  • The victim slowly stepped into the crosswalk in front of the truck.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Dozens of people streamed out of the subway and into the crosswalk.
    — New York Times, 13 May 2024
  • That was on a busy road with a school and limited crosswalks for children.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025
  • If your property sits next to a crosswalk, the city will first clear the large piles of snow left by plows.
    — Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 1 Dec. 2025
  • White, red and turquoise fish swim upstream and downstream in the 6-foot-wide crosswalk.
    — Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Aug. 2019
  • The crosswalks on the north and east sides of the intersection are closed, too.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The woman, headed north in the crosswalk, had the right of way, police said.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Hazen had the green signal to enter the crosswalk, police said.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The victim was in the crosswalk when he was hit but did not have the walk light, according to cops.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 24 July 2025
  • Within weeks, state workers came in the dead of night and stripped the crosswalk of its colors.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026

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