joyride

Example Sentences

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Last October, a similar inflatable pumpkin went on a windy joyride, rolling into traffic and briefly “attacking” an officer before being wrangled back into submission.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025

In November 2021, he went to Detroit and took the electric Hummer pickup truck for a joyride.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

Critics, including model-actor Emily Ratajkowski, slammed the celebrity joyride as wasteful and performative.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2025

When I lived in Santiago, Chile, last year, one young passenger jumped on a luggage belt and took a joyride.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024

And of course, that was a joyride, not a lesson.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein