Sentence examples for against sidewalk from inspiring English sources

One of the letters was from the writer Luc Sante, who in 1988 called those campaigning against sidewalk peddlers "pea brains" and suggested that they might need to "take lessons in urban ambulation".

It was around that time that rules against sidewalk encroachments got tighter — at least on the avenues, where automobiles needed more room — and stoops, window bays and other projections were stripped away.

Parked cars were visible only as unusual bumps in the snow piled up against sidewalks, and the city authorities declared a parking ticket holiday until their owners had time to dig them out.

Strong herself has spoken to the full council against sidewalks at the microphone.

Although the clip-clop of leather soles against sidewalks is still a movie staple, in real life the sound of walking has largely been anesthetized by rubber soles.

This is in response to Jan Strong's letter of Dec. 22, "Thanks for no sidewalk," in which she is against sidewalks on Screenland Drive for the school kids that currently have to walk in the street or across people's front yards on busy school mornings and afternoons to get to and from the front door of Luther Burbank Middle School.

At The New York Observer, Kat Stoeffel described the scene and noted (with New York-style detachment) how a media benefit might arise from the nasty incident: Two young women are penned against the sidewalk by an orange net, but they strain against it as they look down the sidewalk in horror, where someone is being aggressively handcuffed, bloodied face down on the pavement.

Sasha had to chase those cubes around, tapping his fork against the surface of the plate like a cane against the sidewalk.

Soon after, Mr. Martin tackled him and started to punch him and slam his head against the sidewalk, Mr. Zimmerman told the police.

Consider, instead, the ease of the boy's sneakers against the sidewalk; his shy, smirking confidence; the preternatural calm with which he occupies the space within the frame.

We did maintenance on 5 street trees high up on Exchange (before Poplar), including heavy weeding, building mulch rings, planting perennials, watering, trash collection, and raking out leaf litter from against the sidewalk fence.