Examples of highway in a Sentence
I had heard there was a traffic jam on the highway, so I took the side roads.
the four-lane highway narrows to two lanes once you leave the city
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There are about 545 active capital projects planned for this year on state highways, bridges and roads.
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
This case follows another that occurred in 2018, when armed men kidnapped two members of the musical group Los Norteños de Río Bravo, whose bodies were later found on the federal highway connecting Reynosa to Río Bravo, Tamaulipas.
—Arkansas Online, 31 May 2025
In contrast to these animals, New Mexico’s pronghorns prefer to use overpasses to tackle getting from one side of the highway to another.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
But the building dates to 1958, when it was built as a highway location of Texas legend Underwood’s Bar-B-Q from Brownwood.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2025
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
This case follows another that occurred in 2018, when armed men kidnapped two members of the musical group Los Norteños de Río Bravo, whose bodies were later found on the federal highway connecting Reynosa to Río Bravo, Tamaulipas.
—Arkansas Online, 31 May 2025
In contrast to these animals, New Mexico’s pronghorns prefer to use overpasses to tackle getting from one side of the highway to another.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
But the building dates to 1958, when it was built as a highway location of Texas legend Underwood’s Bar-B-Q from Brownwood.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2025
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“Highway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/highway. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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highway
noun
high·way
ˈhī-ˌwā 
: a public road
especially
: a main direct road
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