How to Use freeway in a Sentence
freeway
noun-
Your brain needs to be flowing like a freeway.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
-
Find out what freeway closures to look out for.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
-
Cars will not be allowed to park on the freeway and will be towed.
—Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2022
-
Troopers closed the freeway and searched the area.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
-
The freeway was closed but has since reopened.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
-
Which freeway lanes will be blocked to traffic?
—Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
-
There was no chairlift or four-lane freeway.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 23 Jan. 2026
-
Both burger joints will be near freeways.
—Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 14 Feb. 2026
-
That’s when they got stuck in rush hour traffic on the freeway.
—Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
-
There’s a scene where all the cars have been abandoned on the freeway.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
-
His heartbeat stopped twice on that freeway.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
-
The freeway was closed for about an hour as crews worked to clear the roadway.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
-
The stretch of the major freeway stayed closed as the fire burned for two days.
—Tom Wait, CBS News, 24 June 2026
-
Here's what to know about the freeways that will be closed and how to avoid the traffic.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2024
-
The freeway will act as a live scoreboard for the sector.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
-
The driver then flagged down a car on a freeway, police said.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
-
About 50 feet of a fence along the freeway was damaged.
—Madeline Armstrong, Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
-
Five suspects abandoned the car and took off on foot across a freeway.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 18 June 2024
-
The left lanes of the freeway in both directions were closed.
—Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Dec. 2021
-
Elena lie bleeding on the frigid ground as cars rushed by on the freeway.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 5 Apr. 2024
-
Detours were set up for commuters who use the freeway.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
-
Like many others on our list, this junction sits near a freeway.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
-
All lanes of the freeway were not opened again until after noon.
—Rich Hurd, Sacbee.com, 22 Jan. 2026
-
One side will stall in the 10 freeway traffic.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
-
Ken, the third co-founder, hopped a fence and walked down to the edge of the freeway itself.
—Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2026
-
She’d get stuck, find a small opening, go right up next to the freeway wall and step on it.
—Tom Hallman, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
-
The crash blocked two lanes of the freeway, prompting a traffic alert.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
-
The plane hit a freeway sign post and came to rest against the center divide.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
-
Both sides of the freeway were closed for about six hours because of the standoff.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
-
The freeways were empty and the crowds were joyful.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 31 Dec. 2025
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'freeway.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated:
