How to Use bumper-to-bumper in a Sentence

bumper-to-bumper

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  • People would park their cars bumper-to-bumper and watch silent films.
    — Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2025
  • How long does a bumper-to-bumper warranty last?
    — Kate Tully Ellsworth, USA Today, 14 Jan. 2026
  • What voids a bumper-to-bumper warranty?
    — Kate Tully Ellsworth, USA Today, 14 Jan. 2026
  • What voids a bumper-to-bumper warranty?
    — Kate Tully Ellsworth, USA Today, 16 May 2026
  • There’s only so much that can be done when the stars are locked in bumper-to-bumper traffic overhead.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2024
  • This project is not just about Solano County bumper-to-bumper traffic.
    — Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • That photo showed bumper-to-bumper traffic on a rural highway.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Nobody likes a bumper-to-bumper commute, but which drive to work is the angriest?
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Florida in the winter is bumper-to-bumper traffic, and that’s on the side streets!
    — Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
  • There is bumper-to-bumper traffic on roads leading out of the city, and people are stocking up on food.
    — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 17 June 2025
  • Zig-zagging around cars, swerving past bumper-to-bumper traffic while the sun slowly colored the evening sky.
    — Iona Brannon, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2023
  • But many of those who make the daily drive must contend with unrelenting, bumper-to-bumper traffic.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2023
  • The temptation to hop over just for a minute to just get past the bumper-to-bumper is attractive, but could cost you a pricey ticket.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Buses zip by in their special lane while everyone else stews in bumper-to-bumper hell, half-tempted to ditch their car for a bus seat next time.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The highway shutdown, which took place near mile marker 44, led to long delays and bumper-to-bumper traffic.
    — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Imagine bumper-to-bumper traffic with the sudden option of a speedy HOV lane.
    — Iyesatta Massaquoi Emeli, STAT, 2 June 2026
  • The gates were reportedly late to open, leading to bumper-to-bumper traffic outside the grounds, where no bathrooms had been set up.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Fans who bought parking passes got stuck in heavy traffic as the streets around the stadium were bumper-to-bumper by mid-afternoon.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
  • Many people can get away with a basic powertrain warranty and avoid overpaying for a bumper-to-bumper plan.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
  • And many people who were out and about but anxious to get home before the roads got really bad contributed to bumper-to-bumper traffic snarls.
    — oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The shutdown, which took place near Mile Marker 44, led to long delays and bumper-to-bumper traffic.
    — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 4 Jan. 2025
  • For example, long-distance highway and bumper-to-bumper urban traffic driving.
    — Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Truly, the bumper-to-bumper roadways around commuting time could easily drive someone to madness.
    — Claudia Fisher, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2025
  • In bumper-to-bumper traffic, Kahula saw a man on a motorcycle with three children pull over and warn the driver ahead of her.
    — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Or for the future of bumper-to-bumper Treasure Valley traffic in general?
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Hollis is sitting in her car in bumper-to-bumper traffic on Southwest 104th Street.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Watch as all the people around you slowly queue up bumper-to-bumper with their enormous rollie bags in the overflowing elevator bank.
    — Liz Zack, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2026
  • Fire trucks from as far afield as San Diego and Contra Costa counties were parked bumper-to-bumper along one stretch.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
  • And as lunch hour neared on Monday morning, there already was a wait — both inside the buzzing restaurant and outside in the bumper-to-bumper drive-thru.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The family had gone to see a total eclipse in Idaho in 2017 and had spent hours in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
    — Jack Herrera, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023

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