Example Sentences

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If somebody jaywalks, you don’t start a grand jury investigation.

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2014

"Not everybody who jaywalks gets a ticket," said Kamal Essaheb, an attorney at the National Immigration Law Center.

From Washington Post

She jaywalks so endearingly that when we learn she is on the lam from a mental hospital, we are firmly on her side.

From Time Magazine Archive