How to Use highway in a Sentence

highway

noun
Definition of highwaynext
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  • I had heard there was a traffic jam on the highway, so I took the side roads.
  • The spill closed part of the highway as crews cleared the cans and cheese.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
  • With your job in the rearview mirror, and the open highway ahead, how about a road trip?
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The person made it to the edge of the highway as the car is seen taking flight behind them.
    — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 31 May 2023
  • The headlights don't have much reach on a dark desert highway.
    — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 13 May 2023
  • The highway will be closed at 6 p.m. nightly and reopen around 7 a.m. the next day.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The car was parked on the left southbound shoulder of the highway near the Campbell Drive exit.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The new tax will funnel at least $38 million in new money to the state highway fund.
    — Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 15 May 2023
  • Slow down and take in more of the view at one of the highway's four overlooks that provide a glimpse of the mountains and valleys.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The area is also out of view of the interstate highway, Fifield said.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Long caravans of cars choked the main highway for days and those who couldn’t take to the road lined up for emergency flights out of the city.
    — David Sharp and Jim Morris, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2023
  • On Friday, a huge fire broke out at one of the petrochemical plants across the highway from their home.
    — Eric Lipton, New York Times, 5 May 2023
  • The officer suspected that the man had gotten off the highway at the wrong exit.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Aid trucks were also seen by a journalist lining up on the highway close to the border in Egypt.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Parts of highways in Santa Clara and Sonoma counties were closed due to mudslides caused by the storm.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Question: Who cleans up the garbage on Ohio's highways and interstates?
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Crews worked around the clock and wrapped up ahead of schedule, allaying fears the critical highway would be closed for many weeks.
    — Michael Rubinkam, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2023
  • On a recent day, the culverts were bone-dry, the only rushing sound from the highway traffic nearby.
    — oregonlive, 9 June 2023
  • The occupants of both sports cars got out of their vehicles in the middle of the highway and fled the scene, according to police.
    — David Ammenheuser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Gas mileage averages are 14 miles per gallon in city driving, 18 mpg on the highway.
    — James Raia, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • But as of Wednesday afternoon, all the highways in the metro area appeared to be moving at normal speeds again.
    — Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2024
  • But the Maxus tracks straight and feels very stable at highway speeds, and noise insulation is good for something with such a large frontal area.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023
  • And when a crane is on site to install colored glass panels on the bridge, the highway will shut down during evening hours for several days.
    — Rebecca San Juan, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Protesters torched trucks, cars and police vehicles in the streets and blocked highways.
    — Munir Ahmed and Riazat Butt, Anchorage Daily News, 11 May 2023
  • Fuel economy isn't quite as good as the outgoing model's, down 1 mpg (and 2 mpg on the highway).
    — Marc Urbano, Car and Driver, 29 May 2023
  • The new road would head up into the hills north of the community, cross a gorge over Juneau Creek, and rejoin the existing highway around Milepost 60.
    — Elizabeth Earl For The Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • An additional 15 miles was moved from a highway corridor - near Maine Routes 4 and 7 - and pushed through the forest.
    — Lizzie Johnson and Lauren Tierney, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
  • Most passed through the San Fernando Valley, that speedster paradise of long, straight highways and streets.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Advertisement The fall from the highway is often fatal, Burt said.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
  • Similar to an Amber Alert, that means an Ebony Alert could be displayed on electric signs along roads and highways.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2023

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