How to Use guardrail in a Sentence
guardrail
noun-
That’s when an arm pops out of the gap and grabs the guardrail.
— Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2022 -
There was no guardrail at the spot where the sedan went off the cliff.
— Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2023 -
The Equinox then ran off the road and hit the center guardrail.
— Elainie Barraza, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2023 -
The mother swung her legs over the guardrail and sat on the edge.
— Madhuri Vijay, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2022 -
At the Spur 280 exit, the car hit a guardrail and stopped.
— Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2022 -
The truck veered off the road and crashed through the guardrail where the crew was working.
— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024 -
The car then veered to the right, went across the on-ramp lane from Route 9 South and struck a guardrail.
— Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 21 Jan. 2022 -
The result will define the guardrails for the election.
— Cristina Corujo, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2024 -
The deceased had jumped on the hood of a car and then fell off and struck a guardrail.
— Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2022 -
Those guardrails no longer hold, in part thanks to Macron.
— Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 28 June 2024 -
That, in turn, caused the semitruck to go through the guardrails and partially off the bridge.
— Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 2 Mar. 2024 -
The ravine lay more than 9,000 feet below, and no guardrail lined the road.
— Anna Sherman Maxime Fossat, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022 -
The guardrails should reach or exceed the height of the child’s naval during use.
— Samson McDougall, Parents, 5 Oct. 2024 -
The deputies landed outside of the guardrail, FHP said.
— Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024 -
The driver lost control of the Elantra, which went off the road, hit a guardrail and turned over.
— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024 -
Now, back to the signs in question: Once upon a time, there was a guardrail in front of the house.
— Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2021 -
The vehicle went through the guardrails of the parking garage, WSOC said.
— Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2024 -
Sting struggled to climb over the guardrail and instead opted to move it to the side.
— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021 -
The woman was headed west on Route 60 when her car struck a guardrail on the north side of the road.
— Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022 -
And Stephen Richer, in Arizona, has been a guardrail, too.
— Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Mar. 2024 -
But Torkelson sprinted in, lunged over the guardrail to snare it for the final out.
— Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2022 -
The guardrail was taken out for the work and has been missing ever since.
— Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2021 -
The vehicle first struck a tree and then the wire guardrail before rolling over.
— BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2021 -
What kind of guardrails were there in the writers room to make sure the show remained grounded?
— Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024 -
The Acura then hit two of the pedestrians, the metal guardrail and the Mazda.
— Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 30 Sep. 2022 -
The car floated down the road and was pinned against a guardrail, trapping the occupants.
— Sophie Reardon, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2021 -
The collision forced the Tahoe to leap a guardrail and smash into a building.
— Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2021 -
Police said a Chevy Equinox left the roadway, struck a guardrail and ended in a creek.
— Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Aug. 2021 -
The effect of the destruction of these market guardrails, when felt en masse, can lead to actions such as the fatal shooting of a health care executive in New York.
— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Dec. 2024 -
The driver then exited Route 2 East at Exit 5 and struck a guardrail and a concrete divider on the exit ramp became completely disabled, according to state police.
— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
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