How to Use autobahn in a Sentence

autobahn

noun
  • Even a stretch of the autobahn near Essen will be closed to diesels.
    — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2019
  • Don’t even think about taking that Maserati off road, but wow does that car move on the autobahn.
    — Alison Escalante, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • And thats where tourists looking to speed through the stretches of autobahn sans speed limits come in.
    — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2017
  • Think more about road trips with the occasional blast away from a toll booth, or a brief top-speed run on the autobahn.
    — Wired, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The traffic makes rush hour in Los Angeles seem like the autobahn.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Drive modes cover everything from dropping off the babysitter to slicing up the autobahn.
    — Tom Voelk, New York Times, 29 June 2017
  • On the autobahn, Sport+ lowers the ride height and takes some camber off the wheels for better straight-line performance.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Study roads and major interchanges and decide whether to take the faster autobahn/strada/route/cesta or a slower scenic route.
    — Rick Steves' Europe, The Seattle Times, 31 May 2017
  • In Germany, speed limits were imposed on parts of the autobahn because extreme heat can cause roads to buckle.
    — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 1 July 2019
  • Off the autobahn, the Sport Classic still felt very Turbo-esque.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 19 July 2022
  • But driving on the autobahn, long stretches of which forswear any speed limit at all, can be a chilling experience for the timid.
    — Paul Hockenos, CNN, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Parts of Germany have already issued speed restrictions for the autobahn.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 27 June 2019
  • On an empty autobahn, 110 mph is a comfortable cruising speed.
    — Jens Meiners, Car and Driver, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Barreling down speed-limitless sections of an autobahn is a less relevant test for most of our audience.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 24 May 2022
  • His challenge now will be to reenter the NHL autobahn at midseason from a standing start.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2020
  • Visitors to Germany quickly learn the thrill, or terror, of autobahn driving.
    — The Economist, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Top speed in the Porsche Taycan electric sport sedan arrives with very little fuss on Germany's autobahn.
    — Wired, 28 Sep. 2019
  • Spooling up to 125 miles an hour—on the German autobahn, of course—is utterly effortless in this all-wheel-drive sports car.
    — Peter Robinson, Car and Driver, 23 July 2023
  • Still, for drivers who draw pleasure from the kind of precision and straight-line stability that come from autobahn breeding, the Golf does fairly well.
    — Tony Swan, Car and Driver, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The second-best cars often feel more harmonious, better balanced, at ease with real life rather than 200-mph autobahn fantasies.
    — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 1 June 2018
  • An 8-year-old boy is unscathed after taking his parents' car for a joyride on Germany's high-speed autobahn early Thursday.
    — NBC News, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The road between the German autobahn and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s tiny hometown is flanked with a canopy of trees.
    — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2021
  • The final drive day sees guests back on the autobahn and up into the incredible views afforded along German Alpine Road.
    — Duncan Madden, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Now, the climate crisis is prompting Germans to rethink their relationship with the autobahn, long feted as the crème de la crème of highway systems.
    — Paul Hockenos, CNN, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The northbound lanes of the A14 were temporarily shut down, but photos from the scene indicate hot chocolate didn’t spill onto the autobahn.
    — Washington Post, 15 July 2019
  • Big, imperious four-doors that can effortlessly roll along the autobahn at triple-digit speeds in silence and comfort, ones that announce their owner as a person of not just means, but purpose.
    — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Over the border in Germany, the days of screaming down the autobahn at 200kph could be over, if the Greens end up in government and introduce a speed limit.
    — The Economist, 20 Feb. 2021
  • The road to eurozone renewal envisioned by French President Emmanuel Macron won’t be a speedy autobahn.
    — William Horobin, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2018
  • For Hitler, the autobahn was a concrete expression of German efficiency and nationalism.
    — Big Think, 1 May 2026
  • For the many Germans who have not yet been vaccinated, the key to Covid freedom has come from the end of a nasal swab, and rapid-test centers have multiplied at a speed usually reserved for the country’s autobahn.
    — New York Times, 9 June 2021

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