How to Use bumper-to-bumper in a Sentence

bumper-to-bumper

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• There’s only so much that can be done when the stars are locked in bumper-to-bumper traffic overhead.
  — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2024
• Stuck in bumper-to-bumper cars, the bus seemed to take just as long getting to the park-and-ride lot once off I-77 and then to Town Hall, as the ride on I-77 took from uptown.
  — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2025
• The shutdown, which took place near Mile Marker 44, led to long delays and bumper-to-bumper traffic.
  — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 4 Jan. 2025
• The family had gone to see a total eclipse in Idaho in 2017 and had spent hours in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
  — Jack Herrera, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• Fire trucks from as far afield as San Diego and Contra Costa counties were parked bumper-to-bumper along one stretch.
  — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
• Hollis is sitting in her car in bumper-to-bumper traffic on Southwest 104th Street.
  — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
• The highway shutdown, which took place near mile marker 44, led to long delays and bumper-to-bumper traffic.
  — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025
• Zig-zagging around cars, swerving past bumper-to-bumper traffic while the sun slowly colored the evening sky.
  — Iona Brannon, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2023
• And as lunch hour neared on Monday morning, there already was a wait — both inside the buzzing restaurant and outside in the bumper-to-bumper drive-thru.
  — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 13 Jan. 2025
• That photo showed bumper-to-bumper traffic on a rural highway.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2024
• Sad about the bumper-to-bumper hiker situation on Queens Garden Trail in Bryce?
  — Maya Silver, Outside Online, 2 May 2025
• Dozens of police buses were lined bumper-to-bumper on both sides of the street, keeping hundreds of Yoon supporters more than 100 yards away from the court.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 21 Jan. 2025
• The route is colored to show the current traffic: blue for smooth sailing, yellow for small delays, and red for bumper-to-bumper traffic.
  — PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024
• The gates were reportedly late to open, leading to bumper-to-bumper traffic outside the grounds, where no bathrooms had been set up.
  — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
• In bumper-to-bumper traffic, Kahula saw a man on a motorcycle with three children pull over and warn the driver ahead of her.
  — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2023
• Buses zip by in their special lane while everyone else stews in bumper-to-bumper hell, half-tempted to ditch their car for a bus seat next time.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
• But many of those who make the daily drive must contend with unrelenting, bumper-to-bumper traffic.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2023
• Or for the future of bumper-to-bumper Treasure Valley traffic in general?
  — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 12 Mar. 2025
• To put that in perspective, this waste could fill more than 1.5 million 40-metric-ton trucks which, if placed bumper-to-bumper, could form a line long enough to wrap around the equator.
  — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
• Best to move on foot in Wall Street South since bumper-to-bumper traffic often occurs during weekdays and weekends.
  — Rebecca San Juan, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
• Social media footage shows bumper-to-bumper traffic next to the mangled plane, which appeared to be lying upside down.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 2 July 2024
• And many people who were out and about but anxious to get home before the roads got really bad contributed to bumper-to-bumper traffic snarls.
  — oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2023
• Today, Elkhorn Avenue—the town’s main street—is a bumper-to-bumper stretch of T-shirt and souvenir stores, interspersed with saltwater taffy and ice cream shops, restaurants, and bars.
  — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2023
• Burgett plans to build only 25 examples of the Luxe-GT per year, complete with a seven-year bumper-to-bumper warranty, and the current lead time is around 12 months.
  — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2023
• Videos shared with The Times and posted on social media show cars on Front Street crawling in bumper-to-bumper traffic as smoke, embers and debris billow around them.
  — Riley Mellen, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• On Friday at three, Procession Street, the only road in Eden that connected all five districts, would fill with bumper-to-bumper traffic.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
• At the very least, in the bumper-to-bumper Austin traffic, no gasoline engine radiated excessive heat into our thighs.
  — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2024
• Social media videos taken on Friday showed drivers stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic in a snowstorm on the interstate.
  — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
• Dunlap cut across Sacramento towards Interstate 5, where he then was held up in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
  — Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
• Truly, the bumper-to-bumper roadways around commuting time could easily drive someone to madness.
  — Claudia Fisher, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2025