Walking on the pavement vs Walking through the pavement

The phrase 'walking on the pavement' is correct and commonly used in English. On the other hand, 'walking through the pavement' is not correct as it implies walking inside the pavement, which is not possible. The correct preposition to use with 'pavement' is 'on' to indicate walking on the surface of the pavement.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 6318 views

Walking on the pavement

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to describe the action of walking on the surface of the pavement or sidewalk.

Examples:

I enjoy walking on the pavement in the morning.
Be careful when walking on the pavement, it's slippery when wet.
The children were happily walking on the pavement.
She tripped while walking on the pavement.
Walking on the pavement is a good way to get some exercise.

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A strange man was walking back and forth on the pavement.
What if you pull up by the pavement and women and children are walking about?
You were found unconscious on the pavement.
Sometimes... I'm walking along the street, and A shed of sunlight falls in a certain way accross the pavement... And...
Oscillation on the pavement always means there's a love affair.
I got quite a bad concussion when my head hit the pavement.
Asphalt residue indicates she likely hit her head on the pavement.
Forcing her to clean the pavement with acid.
They're saying Hill was dead before he hit the pavement.
Cracked her head open on the pavement.
Every minute longer is another body you'll be scraping off the pavement.
Lucky you didn't hit the pavement.
You should have let her hit the pavement.
There's a blood trail on the pavement.
Come by tomorrow before you hit the pavement.
His head got cracked on the pavement.
Watch out and go back to the pavement.
She was outside, lying on the pavement all alone.
And Jack's still pounding the pavement for Deltrana Abberkent.
I've just been pounding the pavement all week after Glee rehearsal.

Walking through the pavement

This phrase is not correct in English as it implies walking inside the pavement, which is not possible.

The preposition 'through' is not suitable to describe walking on the surface of the pavement. 'Through' implies movement from one side to the other or within something.

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It was just walking through the woods and looking for a monster.
You're trying to read the contents of an entire library by walking through the aisles.
By walking through the door they buzzed open.
I remember a couple walking through the ruins of Pompeii looking at bodies lying there for centuries.
I saw your husband walking through the jungle, hauling rocks.
I was walking through the woods with my affinity group.
Was walking through the cemetery and found it.
She's so... Walking through the door right now.
I wish I was walking through the corn fields.
I remember walking through the parking structure.
Perhaps walking through the forests of Yanouf.
So here he is walking through the grass.
I was walking through the forests of my grandmother's tales.
I'm walking through the jungle gathering mangos. I meet Raquel Welch.
We were walking through the woods.
Picture... another 15-year-old boy, walking through the zoo at Griffith park, expecting to be picked up by his mom.
Walking through the streets of Soho In the rain
Over here, Detective Sykes walking through the parking lot of Linda Lanier's workplace...
Tomorrow we're looking at TV and saw people walking through the water and recognized some of them.
Since when do I need help walking through the woods?

Alternatives:

walking on the pavement
walking along the pavement
walking beside the pavement
walking by the pavement
walking near the pavement

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Walking on the pavement vs Walking through the pavement