How to Use boulevard in a Sentence

boulevard

noun
  • 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
  • Alas, if only the Boskop had had the chance to stroll a Parisian boulevard!
    Richard Granger, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • The chief boulevard cutting through Portland’s business district always has told the tale of the city’s mood and health.
    oregonlive, 30 May 2022
  • Women tossed their trains over their arms, to reveal their ankles, and strode the boulevards of Paris in flat, laced shoes.
    Anne Higonnet, Vogue, 17 Nov. 2023
  • At BW’s Preowned Autos, across the boulevard from the post, cars come with two prices, one for cash and a higher one for a 12- to 18-month payment plan.
    New York Times, 30 June 2022
  • Today palm trees grace boulevards, parks, city streets and golf courses.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The space has big windows overlooking a busy boulevard, and evokes an old-school retro vibe that’s hard to find elsewhere.
    Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu, Bon Appétit, 16 June 2023
  • One bustling boulevard is named after Urumqi — the city in the far-northwestern Xinjiang region where the Nov. 24 fire killed at least 10.
    Dake Kang and Huizhong Wu, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Most of the action is on the south end of the boulevard, where the above theaters sit, along with the Palace, a smaller palace that has often played host to the Conservancy in the past.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 4 June 2022
  • The crash occurred about 8:50 p.m. at the intersection of El Cajon and Park boulevards.
    David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2023
  • The building at Sunset and Silver Lake boulevards sits conveniently at a stop for the Metro bus routes 2 and 4.
    Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The first two multifamily buildings along the north and south sides of the boulevard are each three stories tall and include 66 units each.
    Journal Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The 2015 spring collection, for example, was set in a faux Parisian boulevard complete with a protest march for a finale.
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The autumn sky had already started to darken, and the neon lights of the stores and restaurants on the boulevard were just beginning to fluoresce.
    Molly Ringwald, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The deadly crash took place near the intersection of Commercial and Woodlands boulevards in the pre-dawn hours.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Officers found a Toyota pickup had lost control and struck a wooden flower box in the grass area in the middle of the boulevard.
    cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Many a would-be dominator of the racetrack or the boulevard face-off has been spanked silly by a Corvette, red or otherwise.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2024
  • But the most notable change will be a brand new entrance on the corner of Wilshire and Westwood boulevards, now far more visible to passersby.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • At one point during the nearly 20-minute jaunt over the cobblestones, he was driven down a stretch of the boulevard lined with cafes and souvenir shops that leads to St. Peter’s Square.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2023
  • At one point during the nearly 20-minute jaunt over the cobblestones, he was driven down a stretch of the boulevard lined with cafes and souvenir shops that leads to St. Peter's Square.
    Frances D'emilio, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2023

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