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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Videos taken outside the St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Sunday shows travelers waiting in lines extending to the highway.
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Colson Thayer, People.com, 15 July 2025
There are red arrows drawn on photos of chain link fences and drab village streets, warning me not to go left at the soccer field, but bear right across the highway.
—Rebecca Chace
july 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
There’d be both an interstate highway and a train shuttle ripping through at 200 mph.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2025
All lanes of that part of the highway were closed but have since been reopened.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 13 July 2025
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Colson Thayer, People.com, 15 July 2025
There are red arrows drawn on photos of chain link fences and drab village streets, warning me not to go left at the soccer field, but bear right across the highway.
—Rebecca Chace
july 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
There’d be both an interstate highway and a train shuttle ripping through at 200 mph.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2025
All lanes of that part of the highway were closed but have since been reopened.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 13 July 2025
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“Highway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/highway. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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highway
noun
high·way
ˈhī-ˌwā 
: a public road
especially
: a main direct road
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