How to Use junction in a Sentence

junction

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  • Keep the junction box and the crossbar for the old light in place.
    — Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Elkhart sits at the junction of the St. Joseph and Elkhart rivers.
    — Nicole Friedman, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The start of the Goat Trail is well worn and easy to see at this junction.
    — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 21 Dec. 2021
  • The trail fork at the junction with the Wheeler Creek trail.
    — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 July 2021
  • Great views of the peaks can be seen by heading left at the junction.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
  • These junctions help the brain tell our muscles what to do and when to do it.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • At the junction with Idaho 75, turn left to head north.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 3 Feb. 2024
  • At the junction on the other side, go left to hike back down the west side of the lake on the Clear Lake Loop Trail.
    — oregonlive, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Turn left and go 4.7 miles to a junction where the road to Kinnikinick Lake veers right.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2020
  • In about a half mile from the picnic area, the trail reaches a junction.
    — Dawn Wilson, The Denver Post, 23 July 2024
  • Hike back up to the road junction and follow the opposite fork to the mine.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Turn left at the stop sign, then right at the Old Black Canyon Highway junction.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2022
  • This junction is signed, but the road number post is not easy to spot.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2021
  • From the trailhead, hike .1 miles to a four-way junction with the Kings Mountain Trail.
    — oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2021
  • The Arizona Trail follows Lakeview for a mile to a junction at the 3-mile point.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2023
  • The ice storm split my yard maple at the junction of its only two sections.
    — oregonlive, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Trucks would drive through this odd junction and drop the tiny rocks onto the asphalt.
    — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Andriy Bezpalko, one of the soldiers who fought in the battle for the junction.
    — Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022
  • In 1939, a Howard Johnson’s restaurant opened at the junction.
    — Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2020
  • The 17-acre care center is fenced off from a quiet street at a key junction on the road to the capital.
    — Whitney Leaming, Washington Post, 30 July 2022
  • It should be planted high; that is, the root and stem junction should be 1 to 2 inches above the soil surface.
    — oregonlive, 21 Feb. 2021
  • Near the 2-mile point, the route enters the national forest for the final climb to the Ranch Trail junction.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2021
  • At this junction, there is no time left for a worth-giving-it-a-shot type of approach.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2023
  • And the junction between the cab and the pickup bed could adapt a more conventional look.
    — Jens Meiners, Car and Driver, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Salt Lake City sits squarely at the junction of where Alvarez’s paths to the two Olympics converge.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 July 2021
  • The loop portion of the circuit departs from the Thumb Butte Bypass Trail #326 junction.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The wind shift Wednesday night prompted firefighters to burnout along the junction to secure the west end of the fire.
    — Jamie Landers, The Arizona Republic, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The junction was foolproof with checks and double checks but it wasn’t—the men liked to say—idiotproof.
    — Justin Beal, Harper’s Magazine , 12 Dec. 2022
  • Finally, at 2 p.m. on March 20, the train lurched to a halt at the junction of Terowie, where Aussie rail track gauges changed and passengers had to swap trains.
    — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Many junctions are named, with elevations shown on the signposts.
    — Doug Mayer, Outside Online, 15 Feb. 2023

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