How to Use freeway in a Sentence

freeway

noun
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  • 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
  • Cars will not be allowed to park on the freeway and will be towed.
    — Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2022
  • 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 Nissan overturned into the right shoulder of the freeway, and the SUV fled.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The freeway portions that would be replaced date to 1974.
    — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2023
  • 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
  • The fire stalled traffic on the freeway and an Amtrak train for over two hours.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2022
  • 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 freeway sections that would be repaired date to 1974.
    — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The seats are as plush as a velvet sofa floating along the 105 freeway.
    — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • But that was news to people who were stuck on the freeway headed toward those bridges.
    — oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2023
  • But the suspects refused to stop and the chase ensued on the northbound 405 freeway, according to the NBPD.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 5 July 2024
  • Both directions of the freeway were closed as officers worked the scene.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Fewer skyscrapers and more freeways: Phoenix covers a lot more land area than other major cities.
    — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, millions will be traveling by car, clogging freeways and increasing the threat of traffic collisions.
    — Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2024

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