Sentence examples for joyriding from inspiring English sources
The word 'joyriding' is correct and usable in written English
It refers to the act of driving a vehicle, usually a car, in a reckless and often illegal manner simply for the enjoyment or thrill of it, without any real reason or destination. Example: The police caught a group of teenagers joyriding in a stolen car through the city streets.
verb
Present participle of joyride
In 1997 two-thirds of stolen vehicles were returned to their owners: most had been taken for joyriding.
Joyriding in Riyadh: Oil, Urbanism, and Road Revolt in Saudi Arabia.
Small wonder that a school survey carried out in 2004 in the kingdom's three biggest cities found that 45% of teenage boys were involved to some degree in joyriding.
Most of the charges were non-violent, including: driving without a license, joyriding, tinted windows and misdemeanor drug possession.
Crossing the road without injury is cause for celebration, but the next trick is to avoid being mown down by kids joyriding on hired quad bikes opposite the National Museum.
I know that most people would rather that they were back home in Clitheroe, where they could return to everyday teenage life and do things like taking drugs, vomiting on lampposts and joyriding their way home afterwards, but somehow I think they're better off hanging out with a bunch of retirees in the Caribbean.
He joyrided in stolen cars and used heroin.
Then, in 1999, the title track of Pink Moon was featured in a commercial for the Volkswagen Cabrio: young trendsetters on a night-time joyride, scored with the chronically depressed singer's lyrics about the meaninglessness of life.
Thus creditors face the worst of both worlds: their claim has no sovereign guarantee, explicit or implicit, and any assets they might seize probably enjoy sovereign immunity, unless the government chooses to forgo it".People are impressed by the buildings and the joyrides," says one Dubai lawyer, but they fail to recognise that outside the DIFC, the legal system is "pure third world".
A scandal involving expensive joyrides for journalists and workers' representatives had further suggested lack of grip at the very top.At a stormy shareholders' meeting in January, Mr Cromme apologised for mistakes and tardy action by the supervisory board, but he showed no sign of making an exit.
It has taken a few very rich men with a vision of opening up space more widely to challenge the status quo.Space, of course, is about more than expensive joyrides.
