How to Use right-of-way in a Sentence

right-of-way

noun

• The driver failed to yield the right-of-way.
  — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
• People ahead or downhill of you have the right-of-way.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 6 Dec. 2025
• Motorists on the highway have the right-of-way.
  — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
• The right-of-way fee line item was still listed in the budget.
  — Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 20 Jan. 2026
• The agreement calls for cost-sharing on some right-of-way work.
  — Amy Wilde, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
• The pear trees aren’t just in right-of-ways or lining neighborhood streets.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2023
• Those proceeding more quickly were given the right-of-way to pass on the left.
  — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 26 Feb. 2026
• The lines will also require a right-of-way about 200-feet wide to be cleared.
  — Lana Ferguson, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
• But in some cases, eminent domain is used to obtain a right-of-way.
  — Chloe Bennett-Steele, StateImpact, 2 Mar. 2026
• The work will be attempted to be within existing right-of-way.
  — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
• That will be followed by the design, right-of-way and construction phases.
  — Elena Gastaldo, Idaho Statesman, 24 June 2024
• During these exceptions drivers must yield the right-of-way to any cyclists.
  — Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
• The driver’s right-of-way is forfeited if a pedestrian is present.
  — Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2025
• His death led to the creation of a state law that mandates that bicyclists have the same right-of-way rights as motorists.
  — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2025
• Irongate also would have sidewalks where the site fronts state right-of-way, the developers said.
  — Joe Marusak july 25, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2026
• The project would also require overland travel along the project right-of-way, along the access roads and in work areas.
  — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
• The new rules also allow for more types of businesses to expand into the public right-of-way.
  — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 12 July 2023
• The most likely route suggested in the past has been along the Interstate 5 right-of-way.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2023
• Possible minor right-of-way impacts.
  — Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
• The site is along the railroad right-of-way, Wood said, an area that the city wants to make into a pedestrian pathway.
  — Corina Vanek, Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2024
• For the bocce court bench project, the group is helping to facilitate the permit and right-of-way access.
  — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
• The public right-of-way includes the medians, sidewalks and the grassy area between the curb line and the sidewalk.
  — Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2023
• In these cases, leaves are often required to be piled in the right-of-way rather than street gutter to minimize mess and clogged drains.
  — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2025
• The projects are within city right-of-way, and were suggested by residents or businesses.
  — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023
• The victim had the right-of-way, and Pena blasted through a steady red light, prosecutors say.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2025
• The organizers provided a map showing where to stand to remain safe and in the public right-of-way.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
• Materials should be placed within three feet of the right-of-way and separated by type of debris.
  — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2025
• Trains travel on a narrow right-of-way along a cliff more than 60 feet above the beach in the small seaside community.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
• All serious rail advocates want a dedicated right-of-way for the high-speed rail that much of the rest of the world enjoys.
  — Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 11 May 2025
• The right-of-way for the line is 150 feet wide, according to PSEG.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024