How to Use interstate in a Sentence

interstate

1 of 2 adjective
  • Slow down while driving off interstate and bridge ramps and when making turns.
    Zach Urness, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
  • There'll be more access points than there would be on an interstate highway.
    Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Critics may challenge the law on free speech or interstate commerce grounds.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Nickels is charged with making an interstate threat and faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
    Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Lindner is charged with one count of transmitting interstate threats.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The interstate highway system was shut down for a week, along with local driving bans.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Beyer has been charged with interstate threats which could bring a sentence of five years in federal prison.
    Alex Stone, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The area is also out of view of the interstate highway, Fifield said.
    Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Neighbors just don't want the exit to become a hop-in, hop-out interstate feature.
    Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The highway system is light red; the thickest lines are interstate highways.
    Michael Zeiler, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Our network of interstate highways is the richest in the nation.
    Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Dale warns drivers should expect more interstate shutdowns.
    Leondra Head, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • To be fair, some of the Atlanta flooding happened on busy interstate highways.
    Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • He was sentenced this month to 50 months in prison on two counts of interstate prostitution.
    Adam Reiss, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Trucks cannot drive in the left or inside travel lane on specific stretches of interstate highways that have six lanes.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Trucks cannot drive in the left or inside travel lane on specific stretches of interstate highways that have six lanes.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
  • These women tend to speed at 80 to 90 mph in the passing lane of our interstate highways.
    Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Detroit has a chance to take a similar approach as the city's own interstate freeway sees an overhaul.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2023
  • This will tell you if the mover is authorized to make interstate moves, how many trucks the mover has and how often they’ve been inspected.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The interstate debate comes down to neighbor versus neighbor.
    cleveland, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Importantly, this was not just an interstate highway trip.
    Richard Bishop, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Marshall is about 100 miles west of Detroit and is near two interstate highways.
    Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Beloved establishments torn down made way for parks, apartments and space for a sprawling interstate system.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Ford and other auto pioneers, for good or bad, led the nation to the rise of freeways and the interstate system.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026
  • The music mogul last month was sentenced to 50 months in prison on two counts of interstate prostitution.
    Melinda Yao, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2025
  • This round of closures comes about a week after ITD closed the interstate eastbound for four days.
    Rose Evans january 21, Idaho Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Major local and interstate travel will both be impacted by the lane closures.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • Major local and interstate travel will both be impacted by the lane closures.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • Major local and interstate travel will both be impacted by the lane closures.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 May 2026
  • Major local and interstate travel will both be impacted by the lane closures.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 6 May 2026

interstate

2 of 2 noun
  • You'll get there quicker if you take the interstate.
  • The interstate is still there, of course.
    Jennifer Brett, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Ramps on the south side of the interstate will remain open.
    Dj Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026
  • Proof came this week that stretches of our interstates rank among the worst.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The pair circled back to the interstate, drove off the road and parked on some dirt.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Don’t pull over to the side of the road, highway or interstate to view the eclipse.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Tires were strewn along the interstate after the crash.
    Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The crash and cleanup shut the interstate down for close to five hours, Efird said.
    Jeff A. Chamer may 13, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026
  • The interstate was a multi-decade state project.
    Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Ramps leading on and off the interstate.
    Idaho Statesman, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The scene of a rollover bus crash on an interstate in New York.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Dozens of motorists abandoned their cars in the lake that was an interstate.
    Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The views from the train are nearly always more scenic than those from the interstate.
    Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The crash kept the interstate closed for about three hours in both directions.
    William Thornton | [email protected], al, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The tricky part is that trucks don’t always load and unload along interstates.
    Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The truck rolled over on the side of the interstate, which helped not affect traffic as much.
    Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Oct. 2022
  • That’s one of the busiest stretches of interstate in the region.
    Mark Price january 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Top down, flying on the interstate.
    Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
  • Even the interstate’s frontage road carries a large share of traffic.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
  • That stretch of interstate remains open.
    Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Rail runs right up to the property line, not far from two major interstates.
    Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The truck crossed the interstate and ended up on the opposite side.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
  • There wasn’t an interstate, but on the interstate now, that would be three exits down.
    Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 1 June 2026
  • Portions of some interstates crossing the city were closed due to flooding.
    Todd Richmond and Olga R. Rodriguez, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2023
  • The interstate was closed for about three hours after the crash, officials said.
    David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 June 2026
  • The deputy again tases Cure, and the two men have their arms wrapped around each other on the side of the interstate.
    Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Daniels said there is no way of knowing if that is the same mountain lion as the one killed on the interstate.
    Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Towns once bypassed by interstates are humming again when the tracks reopen.
    Chelsea Haney october 25, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Sant is also charged with interstate stalking.
    Esme Murphy, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • Workers removed the wheels that carried them down the interstate.
    Addie Costello, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025

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