How to Use one-way in a Sentence

one-way

adjective
  • Most bridge users are assessed a $2.75 one-way toll across the bridge.
    John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 25 Aug. 2023
  • This one-way fare covers the cost of the entire Uber trip.
    Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The fee for that route runs around $35 one-way, and as much as $78 for business class.
    John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 9 Sep. 2023
  • No longer does email have to be just a one-way push channel.
    Pratik Bhadra, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Cheap one-way flights can be found from the Boise Airport to cities for less than $100.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 June 2024
  • That means its one-way road trip range is roughly 238 miles.
    Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Progress, to him, is a one-way street, to be achieved at whatever cost must be paid.
    Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2023
  • But the conversation feels more one-way now, from me to you.
    Hazlitt, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The nearest big-box store is a 120-mile drive, one-way, from the tribe’s most populous town.
    Shane Mitchell, Saveur, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Lott said last month the city was eliminating the one-way cycle tracks that had been part of the plan.
    Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
  • Running the iron over your hair too many times will buy you a one-way ticket to Damageville.
    Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The flights listed below are one-way and cost under $100.
    Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 1 May 2023
  • Officers then approached as the driver turned the wrong way down a one-way street and stopped.
    Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Then, officers approached as the driver turned the wrong way down a one-way street and stopped.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Just one-way, that route covers hundreds of millions of miles and takes over half a year, at best.
    Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Alexa had been out with friends that Saturday night; the dirt-biker hit her on a one-way street.
    Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 6 May 2024
  • At that intersection, 8th and N streets are both one-way streets with three lanes.
    Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 14 May 2024
  • The six-hour trip starts at $400 per person, one-way; this includes a three-course meal, drinks, and a head-and-shoulder massage.
    Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2023
  • While acquiring some new wheels is still a one-way ticket to headache town, there’s good news on the horizon.
    Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2023
  • To celebrate the new flights, one-way fares start at just $72 for travel through July 31.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024
  • For a one-way ticket, the zone will cost an extra 45 euros, or just under $49.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
  • But eggshells, coffee grounds, corncobs, and banana peels don’t have to get a one-way ticket to the landfill.
    Corinne Iozzio, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
  • An officer spotted the pickup truck going the wrong way on a one-way street at 1:25 a.m.
    Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The fees collected reach hundreds of thousands of dollars for a one-way trip.
    Jay Caruso, Washington Examiner, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Many of the hundreds of one-way attack drones Russia has used to bomb Ukraine within the last year are believed to have been made in Iran, as well.
    Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2023
  • After our initial meeting, Wen convinced me to come to New York and sent me a one-way ticket.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The getaway car once waited in a handicapped zone, then sped off the wrong direction down a one-way street.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
  • There’s not much chemistry between Chopra Jonas and Heughan — and how could there be, since they’re stuck in a one-way conversation for half the movie?
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 May 2023
  • Prime Day Party Heels As the saying goes, the higher the heel, the closer to heaven—and these party pumps are your one-way ticket there.
    Maia Torres, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Vessel movement has been restricted to daylight and one-way travel, slowing down the port’s ability to receive fuel.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024

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