: a visual signal (such as a system of colored lights) for controlling traffic
Examples of traffic light in a Sentence
Take a left at the traffic light.
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As Hardy put it in an interview with The Star on Tuesday, his hometown has one store with two gas pumps, five or seven stop signs and no traffic lights.—Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025 With the new lanes, the buses will operate on their own traffic lights.—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025 Police said preliminary findings indicate Chan was stopped at the traffic light on westbound Airway Boulevard, preparing to turn right onto northbound Isabel Avenue.—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025 One witness said they were stopped at a red light heading south on Dale Street and that Burks was walking north against the traffic light, according to the criminal complaint.—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for traffic light
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