How to Use expressway in a Sentence

expressway

noun
  • The three left lanes of the expressway were all blocked.
    — Kris Habermehl, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The expressway was shut down for hours after a man was found dead.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 8 June 2026
  • Bugs slink through the cracks in thin-walled houses on the edges of expressways.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Crews were in the process of draining the expressway and towing the cars.
    — CBS News, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Police said the expressway was closed for more than an hour after the crash.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • This is not the first time this summer deputies received a call to that area of the expressway.
    — Jennifer Walter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 July 2018
  • There could be smooth expressway driving off in the distance.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 12 Dec. 2020
  • But does that mean the Bears should hold his next driving lesson on the expressway?
    — Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 5 Sep. 2017
  • In some cases, all lanes of the expressway or surrounding roads have been closed.
    — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 25 Jan. 2018
  • That means cars would be able to go around slower-moving buses if they’re added to the expressway.
    — Brian Eason, ajc, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Ten bridges over the expressway, containing nine cross streets, were rebuilt as part of the project.
    — Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Multiple lanes on the expressway were closed after the crash.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The line of people waiting for food runs between the expressway and a parking lot.
    — New York Times, 9 June 2022
  • Since the 1920s, plans have been made and scrapped for an expressway around the city center.
    — Peter Guest, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The expressway sped suburbanites in their cars in and out of Erie.
    — New York Times, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Built on the edge of the city's main expressway, the mall had suffered previous subsoil slides.
    — Frank Miles, Fox News, 12 July 2018
  • Nutter's body was found left by a ramp along the Edens expressway in Wilmette.
    — Jim Newton, Lake County News-Sun, 19 Aug. 2017
  • And the fastest path (sometimes) from downtown heading west is an expressway bearing his name.
    — Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Video from the scene shows a semi truck jackknifed into a barrier on the expressway.
    — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The northbound lanes of the expressway near the scene of the crash remained closed late Wednesday morning.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 21 May 2025
  • About two thirds is south of Interstate 595 and one third north of the expressway.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026
  • The expressway has been called the most congested road in the United States.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
  • But only 15 percent of the expressway is finished, even though one-third of the budget has been spent.
    — Alastair Jamieson /, NBC News, 23 June 2018
  • Watch yards pile like a pinball score as receivers, backs and tight ends find the adrenalizing run-after-catch expressway.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Some sections of expressways were also closed, Kihara said.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
  • The hole was created by a sledgehammer, the release said, in the back of the building which faces the expressway.
    — Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2018
  • Five men from the Lamborghini and the Corvette walked away on the shoulder of the expressway.
    — Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Apr. 2024
  • On Saturday night over a week ago, a group of protesters blocked a nearby expressway.
    — Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Sergeant Bryce Bezdek was on duty in 2007 when struck and dragged by a car on the expressway.
    — Jennifer Edwards Baker, Cincinnati.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • As seen on video from the scene, traffic crawled along the expressway as smoke billowed from the cars and firefighters worked to extinguish the fire.
    — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026

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