Used in a Sentence

blvd

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for blvd.

Editorial note

Wilshire Blvd and Santa Monica Blvd both have regular if slow bus service and have plenty of options for drinks and dinner.

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Quick take

Abbreviation of boulevard. [A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.]

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of blvd gathered in one view.

noun

Abbreviation of boulevard. [A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for blvd.

noun

Abbreviation of boulevard. [A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.]

Example sentences

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Wilshire Blvd and Santa Monica Blvd both have regular if slow bus service and have plenty of options for drinks and dinner.

2

For me Roosevelt Avenue in Queens between Jackson Heights and Junction Blvd on a 80F day is the real NYC.

3

And no, I do not consider it safe to try and ride on Olympic blvd without a protected lane...

4

During sundown, the ridge above the valley on Skyline Blvd is beautiful.

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From Griffith Observatory to downtown, to long beach, to hollywood blvd.

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It's true the chilean government is criticized-- I saw the sometimes weekly marches down the blvd of students and communists making noise.

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I was walking down Hollywood Blvd one day when they suddenly shut the street down for about 5 minutes to do a fly-by RC helicopter shot.

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'August 7, 2014: an unidentified driver crashed into a family of five at the intersection of Main St and Governor Blvd in Albany, NY.').

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It happened many years ago, but I'll never forget the time I was coming home from work, buzzing west along Foothill Blvd in the darkening evening, and I turned north toward my neighborhood.

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The city has recently completed a major expansion on the 405 in that area adding a carpool lane, but more importantly changing how you merge to/from several of the exits, including Wilshire blvd and I-10.

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In my observation, the carpool lane did relatively little, but the smoothed exiting/entering with enough time to accelerate shifted the bottleneck from before Wilshire blvd, frequently spilling past the 90, to no ending around Wilshire.

12

You just captured my early teens -- I lived up and down Beach Blvd in the La Habra to Anaheim area from the time I was 5-6 until my mid-teens, and then spent a lot of time in Huntington Beach.

Quote examples

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Some are in very good locations, particularly Executive Blvd, and they will be torn down or redeveloped for these new "life-style" communities.

2

Blvd." Are most power stations and distribution centres connected in a similar way?

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What happened at 6116 Executive Blvd in Rockville, MD is that the big fat Federal client moved even farther outside the beltway to new digs in Gaithersburg, Maryland (to another, newer office complex.) New place is one of those "faux green" buildings where everything like the light switches, blinds, faucets and toilets don't work intuitively if they even work at all.

Proper noun examples

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And then stroll down University Blvd, where you can pick up a faint vibe of what's going on in the valley.

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Hang out at the bars on Wilshire Blvd, you'll hear things and I'll leave it at that.

3

I didn't have all the right tools, so we took the VW down to the Briarpatch Cooperative Auto Shop on Park Blvd.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use blvd in a sentence?

Wilshire Blvd and Santa Monica Blvd both have regular if slow bus service and have plenty of options for drinks and dinner.

What does blvd mean?

Abbreviation of boulevard. [A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.]

What part of speech is blvd?

blvd is commonly used as noun.