How to Use lane in a Sentence
lane
noun- She moved to the outside lane.
- The truck's driver kept changing lanes.
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The only closure now is the left turn lanes on 146th Street.
—John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2023
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The car then takes over the steering and changes lanes on its own, BMW said in a news release.
—Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
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Cops had closed off the downtown lanes, where the fire was, but cars still cruised uptown.
—Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
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The Lakers scored 86 points in the paint — making only four shots outside of the lane.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2023
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The lane will be closed for 11 days as part of work being done on the Auxiliary Lanes Project.
—oregonlive, 20 July 2023
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In its place is one lane of new pavement that must have been laid down in the past couple of days.
—Mike Damiano, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023
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Laine and the Hyundai driver collided in the eastbound lanes.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2023
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Traffic soon came to a halt before the northbound lanes of the highway gave way.
—Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 11 June 2023
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The westbound lanes of Interstate 10 near Tonopah were closed after a crash blocked part of the road.
—The Arizona Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
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Players can sign up for the league or reserve a lane for open play online at gatheringplacebrewing.com/curling.
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2024
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Yes, but the DOT says that two lanes will remain open in each direction.
—Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2023
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Police said in the affidavit that the Hyundai was in a travel lane and had bullet holes in the trunk and the rear window.
—Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
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The caller said a white Ford F-150 pickup truck had been swerving across lanes on the road and run into a ditch.
—Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 10 June 2023
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The software may not be used at every TSA lane in these airports.
—Shira Ovide, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2023
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Soon after, the northbound lanes of the highway crumbled.
—Time, 11 June 2023
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Both lanes were cleared around 9:30 a.m., but bridge traffic wasn’t back to normal for a couple of hours, Langlais said.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2023
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Starbucks wanted to build a drive-through lane and needed to remove the oak tree behind the store.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
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Charles has been inside his home, a snug stone cottage on a narrow lane.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
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During Rock the Block, one lane east and one west will remain open to traffic on Mayfield Road.
—cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
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And more bike lanes are coming for next year’s Paris Olympics – part of an effort to halve the event’s carbon footprint.
—The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023
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The two right lanes of south I-805 were closed for about three and a half hours during the on-scene investigation.
—David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2023
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Cars abruptly switched lanes and drivers hit their brakes.
—Alex Koller, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
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Only 216 miles of street lanes were paved in fiscal year 2024.
—Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
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Cyclists would be protected from moving car traffic by a lane of parked cars.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
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Guzman has also been charged with failure to drive in the proper lane.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2026
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While on the road - Opt for the middle lanes and remain on higher ground.
—Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
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Ships through the strait Ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz passes through a narrow lane.
—Garrett Haake, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
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The bedroom community of four-lane roads and strip malls was finally getting its downtown.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
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