How to Use carriageway in a Sentence

carriageway

noun
  • Tolls on the new roads mean that most Moroccans remain on clogged and dangerous carriageways.
    The Economist, 2018-03-01
  • The wheel is small and the steering quick, meaning my hands can remain in place even while navigating a couple of roundabouts that lead me to a wide, smooth two-lane carriageway.
    Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 2021-05-11
  • That would have an especially big impact on single carriageways, which, among high-speed roads in the UK, have the most severe accidents.
    Alex Davies, WIRED, 2014-07-25
  • Local police wrote on Facebook that they were called to a single vehicle collision with reports that the vehicle had left the carriageway and burst into flames.
    Kate Samuelson, Fortune, 2017-07-28

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