Example Sentences

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Pedestrians jaywalked across Hollywood Boulevard, and tour buses lulled to a slow roll to do the same.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2022

When the man crossed the street, the officer then said, “Oh, you just jaywalked now, sir.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2016

She kissed me on the lips and turned and jaywalked across the street to her beige and brown Pontiac.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2013

It meant that there was a nice multiuse path nearby, but that to get there I had to cross busy 45 Street—I waited so long for a “walk” signal that I jaywalked.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2012

Kirby jaywalked across the street diagonally and passed in front of an electric headed south.

From Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story by Raine, William MacLeod