How to Use boulevard in a Sentence

boulevard

noun
  • Voice-over: What more fitting honor than to put his name on the greatest boulevard in the world?
    Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, 14 May 2021
  • The track is a warm slice of metallic funk, its low-riding bassline rolling at just the right speed for cruising down the boulevard with nowhere, really, to go.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Police barracks were erected, car parking was introduced, and new ministry buildings spilled out either side of the central boulevard.
    Oscar Holland, CNN, 8 May 2021
  • There are seven stops along the boulevard on the bus route, which connects downtown to San Diego State University.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Along Market Street, the wide boulevard that cleaves downtown, the chief paused to tell a fentanyl user to put away two hypodermic needles that lay on the pavement.
    New York Times, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The overpass collapsed late Monday, sending subway cars plunging from the city's newest and most controversial subway line toward a busy boulevard.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 May 2021
  • The boulevard, which is south of Stevens Creek Boulevard in Cupertino, has no sidewalks and pedestrians often walk in the bike lane.
    Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Dozens of Los Angeles police officers in riot gear patrolled the crowded boulevard in vehicles, on bikes and on foot, but the crowd remained peaceful.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2021
  • The plan envisions reworking the Shoreway, creating a boulevard and removing the ramp to the Main Avenue bridge.
    Robert Higgs, cleveland, 17 May 2021
  • The two subway cars separated from the rest of the train and dangled in a horrific, V-shaped tableau as metal and concrete debris from the super-structure plummeted to the bustling boulevard.
    Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2021
  • The smell carried down the boulevard in the spring breeze.
    Oliver Briscoe, CNN, 11 May 2023
  • All the stars in the sky or on the boulevard can't hold a candle to that.
    Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The first thing one notices is the hush, as the noise of the boulevard fades away.
    New York Times, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Alas, if only the Boskop had had the chance to stroll a Parisian boulevard!
    Richard Granger, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Already some of that can be seen at the upper end of the boulevard.
    Robert Higgs, cleveland, 6 Oct. 2021
  • The rows of people sleeping stretched the length of the boulevard driving into the city.
    NBC News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • On The Mall, the grand boulevard leading to the palace, black London taxis lined up in tribute.
    Henry Austin, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The train would be elevated and run down the middle of the boulevard.
    Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • There's also a rooftop bar with a small pool and a great view of the boulevard stretching out towards the sea.
    Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2024
  • In the past, Cadillacs have been engineered to float you along the boulevard as if it were paved with clouds.
    Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 10 Feb. 2023
  • So San Pedro just drives a brand-new boulevard through your brain.
    Nandini Balial, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The homes and buildings sit several feet above the boulevard.
    WSJ, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The weekday traffic on the beachside boulevard moved at a crawl.
    BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The wide boulevard along Fort Campbell’s front wall is lined with places to get into debt or worse.
    New York Times, 30 June 2022
  • Watch for my sordid senescent self to slink down a boulevard near you soon.
    Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 15 July 2022
  • On the other side of the boulevard, built in 1799, the Passage des Panoramas was the first covered walkway in Paris.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • At the same time, a 59-year-old man behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Malibu was heading east on the boulevard.
    Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • But now it’s almost done: The bus lanes are paved in red concrete like a red arrow through the heart of the city’s widest boulevard.
    Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Nov. 2021
  • There, neither a boulevard stroll nor a chanteuse warble nor a swig of absinthe was to be had.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Halfway between the boulevard and the beach—only a few blocks—one such historic home is an apt example of how much of the neighborhood’s essence has been preserved.
    Spencer Elliott, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024

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