joyride
Example Sentences
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Their vibrant, jam-packed settings depict anything from an oceanic rave to a rainbow-hued big top performance to a joyride through the cosmos.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
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
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
Pa grabs one double-chocolate-chip cookie and Arthur watches him take a bite with this wide-eyed look, like my dad just took Arthur’s car for a joyride and crashed it.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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