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noun

pedestrian

CEFR B2

a person who travels by foot

In a sentence

Six example sentences with pedestrian, each labelled with its topic.

  • The new bridge gives every pedestrian a shaded lane, separated from cyclists by a low planted median.

    Architecture

  • Under the city ordinance a driver must yield to any pedestrian already inside the marked crossing.

    Law

  • In Venice every visitor becomes a pedestrian, since the canals leave no road for a taxi or bus.

    Travel

  • The car's camera must spot a pedestrian stepping off a curb within a tenth of a second, in rain or at night.

    Technology

  • Street photographers wait for a single pedestrian to cross the shaft of light, then shoot before the shadow closes.

    Photography

  • On car free Sundays every pedestrian owns the boulevard, and the air monitors record their cleanest readings of the month.

    Environment

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