Examples of highway in a Sentence
I had heard there was a traffic jam on the highway, so I took the side roads.
the four-lane highway narrows to two lanes once you leave the city
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Several local roads and highways, including the Sunrise Highway, were closed as firefighters battled the blazes.
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2025
Up the narrow state highways, the landscape shifts to farmland, with grazing cattle and tall stalks of green.
—Mariah Tyler, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2025
The journey begins along the coastal highway before turning inland toward the Sierra de las Nieves National Park.
—Shelby Knick, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The collision occurred after Zachary J. Roslin, 33, who was driving a 2007 Freightliner towing a tanker trailer, left a gas station and merged onto the highway, Patch reported, citing a preliminary police report.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2025
Up the narrow state highways, the landscape shifts to farmland, with grazing cattle and tall stalks of green.
—Mariah Tyler, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2025
The journey begins along the coastal highway before turning inland toward the Sierra de las Nieves National Park.
—Shelby Knick, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The collision occurred after Zachary J. Roslin, 33, who was driving a 2007 Freightliner towing a tanker trailer, left a gas station and merged onto the highway, Patch reported, citing a preliminary police report.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Highway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/highway. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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highway
noun
high·way
ˈhī-ˌwā 
: a public road
especially
: a main direct road
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