How to Use causeway in a Sentence

causeway

noun
  • The island is linked by a causeway to the mainland.
  • Freight trains run past the front door on their own offshore causeway.
    — Curbed, 2 June 2022
  • Two were to be placed on the causeway’s south side while another would rise on the north side.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2024
  • There are beaches on either side of a causeway that leads to a rocky island.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2019
  • There is also a large open hole under the causeway bridge that should be avoided.
    — Tyler Mahoney, kansascity, 17 Jan. 2018
  • But that idea would still keep a toll lane on the causeway over Lake Norman.
    — Steve Harrison, charlotteobserver, 15 Mar. 2018
  • His body was recovered about an hour later near the causeway bridge.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • At one point Friday evening, eastbound lanes on the causeway re-opened.
    — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2019
  • On weekends, the place is overrun by fun-hungry tourist types and causeway crawlers.
    — Rene Rodriguez, miamiherald, 5 May 2018
  • On weekends, the place is overrun by fun-hungry tourist types and causeway crawlers.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Cyclists currently must ride along a high-speed, two-lane road to get to the causeway.
    — Tony Bizjak and Kellen Browning, sacbee, 4 June 2018
  • The causeway supports tens of thousands of commuters a day.
    — Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • But their only way back is via the causeway back to Holy Island.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 24 June 2025
  • But the causeway is only accessible twice a day, when the tide goes out.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Setting them side by side would form a 325-foot floating causeway.
    — Frank A. Blazich Jr., The Conversation, 20 May 2024
  • Israeli troops connected the causeway with a point on the Gaza shore.
    — Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024
  • The causeway was one of the world’s busiest land borders before the pandemic struck.
    — Fox News, 30 Nov. 2021
  • People who sought refuge on the mainland and started walking back across the causeways got trapped and swept out to sea.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
  • The causeway is the only way for vehicles to enter or leave the islands.
    — CBS News, 29 Sep. 2022
  • As the tour ended on a strip of land near the causeway, attendees stepped out of their cars and waited for the bats.
    — Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • But in order to visit, tourists need to time the tides and safely navigate the causeway.
    — Stephen Castle, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
  • New causeways would connect mansions and resorts.
    — Mike Bezemek, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Israeli troops are expected to connect the causeway with a point on the Gaza shore.
    — Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024
  • The rebuilding of the causeway, split apart in five areas, may prove to be the biggest challenge.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Humans built a causeway through the Keys and dredged the Key West harbor.
    — Ben Guarino, chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Cars dangled by their wheels from the causeway to Miami Beach.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
  • Baskin pointed to the railroad causeway that bisects the lake, which turned the north arm hypersaline.
    — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The bay, around the first bend from the lodge, is separated from the main lake by a railroad causeway built of ballast.
    — Don Shiner, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2025
  • Crews were first clearing the land on the river bank to build a causeway that will lead to the bridge, which will span 640 feet.
    — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2022
  • He was hauled across the causeway and booked in a Miami-Dade County jail.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 3 Apr. 2026

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