How to Use guardrail in a Sentence

guardrail

noun
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  • 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 result will define the guardrails for the election.
    — Cristina Corujo, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2024
  • 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 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
  • The vehicle went through the guardrails of the parking garage, WSOC said.
    — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2024
  • 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
  • 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 vehicle lost control in curve, hit a guardrail and then struck a tree.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The car with three occupants then hit a guardrail and a tree, OSHP troopers said.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The only damage was to the parkway's guardrail, police said.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Exterior sconces cast a glow in all the bunks, and the guardrails are made with fishing nets.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 8 July 2024
  • No parking lot, no trailhead, just a little gap in the guardrail.
    — Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Again, some exceptions to UPL were carved out, again with guardrails.
    — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
  • In the end, the two sides agreed to limit the use of the technology in public spaces with more guardrails.
    — Jillian Deutsch, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The Toyota then collided with a metal guardrail and came to a rest in the fast lane, according to the CHP.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
  • The driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a guardrail.
    — Chicago Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The truck hit a wire rope guardrail, two wooden fences and a tree before coming to a stop, state police said.
    — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The driver failed to make the left turn, and the vehicle then drove off the road onto the grass shoulder, hit the guardrail, and overturned into the canal.
    — Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Kuhn also said there are guardrails that limit the use of derogatory terms or explicit language.
    — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2024

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