How to Use highway in a Sentence

highway

noun
Definition of highwaynext
Synonyms for highwaynext
  • 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
  • There were cracks in the road and a smashed car on the side of the highway.
    — Eyad Kourdi With Ivana Kottasova, CNN, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Streaks of dark blood ran from deep in the brush to the shoulder of the highway.
    — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
  • The teen suspects fled on foot and ran off the side of the highway.
    — Megan Sims, cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023
  • The mattress detached as the truck changed lanes to the left side of the I-10 highway.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Most of the schools located on the east side of the highway are in Keller.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Lanes of the highway were shut down for about an hour while the scene was cleaned up.
    — cleveland, 20 Nov. 2022
  • 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 land is visible both from the highway and the lakeshore road.
    — Alissa Gary, Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2024
  • 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
  • More highways, toll roads, and bridges have been built.
    — Salil Tripathi, TIME, 5 June 2024
  • 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
  • One side of the highway is all cancer; the other side all crazy.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 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
  • More From The Post Man faints while driving 70 mph on highway.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
  • But there was once a time when these highways were new and free-flowing.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 May 2024
  • Mering used to drive on the highway often to see her ex.
    — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
  • To the southwest of Bakhmut, Ukrainian forces have fought hard to protect the T504 highway.
    — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Again, the ditch was near a highway and only a short distance outside the city.
    — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 21 May 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
  • The scene had been cleared by 8:20 p.m., and all lanes of the highway reopened, officials said.
    — Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
  • 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 highway is also closed from from Weldon to State Route 14.
    — Summer Linstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The trooper moved onto the highway in an attempt to catch up with the driver.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The middle and center lanes of the highway were shut down until the crash was cleared after 9 a.m.
    — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Speeds along most of the highways headed into and out of downtown were above 45 mph.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
  • This was the second time this month police arrested a pet owner whose dog was exposed to the elements on the highway.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Witness accounts reported the three males had run from the highway onto Mill Plain Road in Danbury, police said.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2025

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