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Meanings of pedestrian in English
Synonyms
Examples for "prosaic"
Examples for "prosaic"
1
I sometimes wonder whether the situation isn't even more prosaic than that.
2
In truth, the world of persuasion is a good deal more prosaic.
3
In the end the climax of the love-making had been prosaic enough.
4
Alas, no answers present themselves in the dull, tuneless, prosaic final product.
5
But the reasoning of the prosaic Englishman was thrown to the winds:
1
It is as common as going to bed; it is almost prosy.
2
I wished some dry, prosy petitioners in England could have heard it.
3
Very true; only, dahlias, at the best, are such uninteresting prosy things.
4
The witty chairman, the prosy chairman, the solemn chairman,- Iknowthem all.
5
Treated with accuracy it becomes prosy, treated with fancy it becomes ridiculous.
1
Unfortunately for Moyes, United's limits at the moment are far more earthbound.
2
They were indeed preparing for war, a vicious and bloods earthbound war.
3
But there's a new choice, one not restricted to an earthbound infrastructure.
4
Behind them, in grim pursuit, the small, earthbound figure of the stray.
5
Beyond that, houseboats can be just as ambitious as any earthbound structure.
Usage of pedestrian in English
1
He said another car or an innocent pedestrian could have been involved.
2
Between them, they provide Vienna with the finest pedestrian thoroughfare in Europe.
3
Bliss was not the first pedestrian traffic fatality ever recorded anywhere, however.
4
Silviniaco Conti was made to look pedestrian, trailing home seven lengths behind.
5
He was the fourth pedestrian of eight road deaths since last Friday.
6
Other areas of the Times Square pedestrian plaza would be off limits.
7
The incident occurred late January at Malaemalu, involving an eight-year-old female pedestrian.
8
And the second pedestrian was rushed to hospital in a critical condition.
9
Sabre in hand, therefore, he placed himself in front of the pedestrian.
10
The second pedestrian was what is known in Fantastica as a head-footer.
11
Did you stop your car to let a pedestrian cross the road?
12
Hence the introduction of an acclaimed new world first, a pedestrian airbag.
13
In Japan, drivers can be fined for splashing water on a pedestrian.
14
Will a pedestrian and cycle friendly link between two city parks prevail?
15
Road rage is anonymous; there is no pedestrian rage or bicyclist rage.
16
When it spotted a pedestrian crossing some 30 yards ahead, it braked.
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Pedestrian through the time
Pedestrian across language varieties
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
Common
Australia
Less common
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