How to Use signboard in a Sentence

signboard

noun
  • The white signboard rose thirty feet into the sky from behind a chain link fence.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 22 May 2017
  • There’s been talk about digitizing the signboard, but the letters are still put up by hand.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
  • And an advertising signboard blew over shortly after play was called.
    — Southland Golf, Orange County Register, 30 Mar. 2017
  • Then dip beneath a railroad bridge that runs alongside the river, before coming to a wooden signboard.
    — Evan Bush, The Seattle Times, 17 May 2017
  • Then, signboards and street names, passersby, roofs, kiosks, and bars must speak to the wanderer like a twig snapping under his foot in the forest.
    — Lauren Elkin, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Two images show the church signboard, and the devastation visible on the outside.
    — Rebecca Griesbach | [email protected], al, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Its 36-floor downtown tower is known for its signature signboard with witty, timely puns.
    — Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Special offers communicated on signboards right next to the point of purchase, are more likely to be acted on.
    — Michelle Greenwald, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Siddhartha may be gone, but his legacy will live through the bright purple signboards at every other crossing in large and small Indian cities.
    — Itika Sharma Punit, Quartz India, 30 July 2019
  • The group was ordered to stop its activities and to take down its signboards nationwide by July 15.
    — The Associated Press, The Seattle Times, 27 May 2017
  • The coastal plain river is dotted with signboards blaming flooding on federal wildlife refuge managers, as opposed to harsher storms and higher tides.
    — Bill Marr, National Geographic, 28 Oct. 2016
  • Everything from the signboard outside down to the napkins bears the official emblem of the top international coffee chain.
    — Samya Kullab, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Some have affixed messages onto their hardhats, transforming them into personal mobile signboards.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 26 July 2019
  • That debris was the signboard alerting drivers to construction at Drexel Avenue in Oak Creek.
    — Lainey Seyler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2019
  • When the company moved downtown in the 1980s, the signboard tradition continued with a new message every week.
    — Elissa Maudlin, The Indianapolis Star, 5 July 2023
  • Hung in the front rooms are seven paintings on signboard by Kirk Hayes of Fort Worth, a Conduit artist since 1997.
    — Benjamin Lima special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 17 Jan. 2026
  • In South Korea, the storm toppled hundreds of trees and streetlamps, blew signboards off buildings and damaged traffic signs across the mainland and Jeju.
    — Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2019
  • The first time Neal saw the OneAmerica signboard was while driving in downtown Indianapolis.
    — Elissa Maudlin, The Indianapolis Star, 5 July 2023
  • At least one site has a sign with a QR code that visitors can scan to see 3D visuals of what the area will look like when finished; others have printed signboards showing what’s to come.
    — Edna Tarigan and Victoria Milko, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Around the same time, the kanban (Japanese for signboard) system was developed at Toyota to wring more efficiency out of lean manufacturing.
    — WIRED, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Another striking moment came when Kim and Moon chatted while strolling slowly to a footbridge in Panmunjom, where a rusty signboard marking the military demarcation line stands.
    — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Gas prices — emblazoned in big numbers on signboards across every city — are the most tangible and emotional touchpoint of the global economy for US voters, and infamously decisive in national elections.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The two signboards are just a couple blocks from Monument Circle, at the intersections of Capitol Avenue and Vermont Street, and New York and Illinois streets.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026

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