How to Use right-of-way in a Sentence

right-of-way

noun
  • The driver failed to yield the right-of-way.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
  • People ahead or downhill of you have the right-of-way.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Motorists on the highway have the right-of-way.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The right-of-way fee line item was still listed in the budget.
    — Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The agreement calls for cost-sharing on some right-of-way work.
    — Amy Wilde, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The pear trees aren’t just in right-of-ways or lining neighborhood streets.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Those proceeding more quickly were given the right-of-way to pass on the left.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The lines will also require a right-of-way about 200-feet wide to be cleared.
    — Lana Ferguson, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • But in some cases, eminent domain is used to obtain a right-of-way.
    — Chloe Bennett-Steele, StateImpact, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The work will be attempted to be within existing right-of-way.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
  • That will be followed by the design, right-of-way and construction phases.
    — Elena Gastaldo, Idaho Statesman, 24 June 2024
  • During these exceptions drivers must yield the right-of-way to any cyclists.
    — Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The driver’s right-of-way is forfeited if a pedestrian is present.
    — Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2025
  • His death led to the creation of a state law that mandates that bicyclists have the same right-of-way rights as motorists.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2025
  • The project would also require overland travel along the project right-of-way, along the access roads and in work areas.
    — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The new rules also allow for more types of businesses to expand into the public right-of-way.
    — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 12 July 2023
  • The most likely route suggested in the past has been along the Interstate 5 right-of-way.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2023
  • Possible minor right-of-way impacts.
    — Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The site is along the railroad right-of-way, Wood said, an area that the city wants to make into a pedestrian pathway.
    — Corina Vanek, Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2024
  • For the bocce court bench project, the group is helping to facilitate the permit and right-of-way access.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The public right-of-way includes the medians, sidewalks and the grassy area between the curb line and the sidewalk.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2023
  • In these cases, leaves are often required to be piled in the right-of-way rather than street gutter to minimize mess and clogged drains.
    — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The projects are within city right-of-way, and were suggested by residents or businesses.
    — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The victim had the right-of-way, and Pena blasted through a steady red light, prosecutors say.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The organizers provided a map showing where to stand to remain safe and in the public right-of-way.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Materials should be placed within three feet of the right-of-way and separated by type of debris.
    — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Trains travel on a narrow right-of-way along a cliff more than 60 feet above the beach in the small seaside community.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
  • All serious rail advocates want a dedicated right-of-way for the high-speed rail that much of the rest of the world enjoys.
    — Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 11 May 2025
  • The right-of-way for the line is 150 feet wide, according to PSEG.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The city does not charge restaurants a fee to use the city right-of-way areas as dining spots, but may want to consider doing so, the staff report states.
    — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2023

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