How to Use freeway in a Sentence
freeway
noun-
He's since been on a freeway, to a nature preserve, a number of parks and to visit friends.
— David Begnaud, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2022 -
The freeway sections that would be repaired date to 1974.
— Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024 -
Cars waiting for the light to change were sometimes blocking the turn lanes for traffic coming off the freeway.
— Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Aug. 2022 -
The turnarounds are often over or under a freeway or expressway.
— Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024 -
The fire was burning on both sides of state Route 94 late Thursday, with most of the fire found north of the freeway.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 -
Those areas and Detroit’s freeways have struggled with flooding during major storms in recent years.
— Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 7 Nov. 2024 -
The Nissan overturned into the right shoulder of the freeway, and the SUV fled.
— Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022 -
The two-mile stretch of freeway is expected to close at 10 p.m. Friday and reopen by 4 a.m. Monday.
— oregonlive, 22 Sep. 2022 -
Photos taken from the freeway and posted by CalTrans showed billowing smoke, charred hills and a thin line of flames approaching the interstate.
— Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Aug. 2022 -
The fire was reported around 3:50 p.m. in a river bottom just west of the freeway and north of Mapleview Street, authorities said.
— David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022 -
After a pursuit on southbound I-15, which included an exchange of gunfire, the suspect’s vehicle went off the road between the freeway and an off ramp.
— Rene Ray De La Cruz, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2022 -
Conley was arrested last March in connection with a freeway shooting on Interstate 580.
— Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024 -
The bar was torn down in 1966 to make room for the freeway.
— Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2022 -
The vehicle first pulled over on the left side of the freeway, then to the right side.
— Joan Rusek, cleveland, 5 Feb. 2023 -
There’s a scene where all the cars have been abandoned on the freeway.
— Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024 -
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 driver later made a U-turn and went the wrong way on the freeway.
— Cameron MacDonald, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024 -
Both sides of the freeway were closed for about six hours because of the standoff.
— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024 -
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 freeway portions that would be replaced date to 1974.
— Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2023 -
Elena lie bleeding on the frigid ground as cars rushed by on the freeway.
— Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 5 Apr. 2024 -
The bus got off the freeway on Cedar Road, and was then seen running into curbs on that road.
— cleveland, 29 Sep. 2022 -
There was less traffic on the freeways and not as much stop-and-go on surface streets.
— David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024 -
Five suspects abandoned the car and took off on foot across a freeway.
— Stepheny Price, Fox News, 18 June 2024 -
The more powerful four-cylinder Cooper S achieves up to 23 mpg in the city and 30 mpg on the freeway.
— Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 18 Feb. 2023 -
Today, a dozen freeways snake across about 527 miles of L.A., and many more crisscross the county.
— Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023 -
The vehicle was towed from the freeway on-ramp that the suspect had abandoned it on.
— Pilar Arias, Fox News, 23 May 2024 -
Evans lives south of LBJ but would like to be able to walk to her daughter and granddaughter’s home north of the freeway.
— Marin Wolf, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2023 -
That part of the freeway was shut down for about 2½ hours as the scene was processed and the body removed, Marroquin said.
— Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2022 -
When freeways are busiest:Does metro Phoenix have rush hour traffic?
— The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2024
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