How to Use stop sign in a Sentence

stop sign

noun
  • Look for a stop sign or shield icon.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Go west and proceed to the stop sign.
    — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Once the bus stops, red lights will flash and a stop sign will swing out.
    — Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Ebel held up a stop sign on the play but Pages ran through it.
    — Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 12 June 2024
  • The man then took off, snaking around a car, speeding through a stop sign.
    — Cnn, Mercury News, 12 May 2025
  • Local police have put up a stop sign.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
  • Tickets for failing to stop at a stop sign rose sharply last year.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • There was no doubt Kim would have scored had Ebel not put up the stop sign.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
  • That night, the small road barricade was tipped over on its side and there was no stop sign at all.
    — David Garrick, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Today’s battle may be over erecting a stop sign.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Two-run single when Smith ran through a stop sign to score the tying run.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • At a stop sign, the vocals filter out and the music hums with a low bass drone.
    — Martin Vassolo, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Before the shooting, his girlfriend came to a stop sign, and her car stalled.
    — Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2026
  • For example, a stop sign might as well be a tall, slender man with a large red hat!
    — Etiido Uko march 14, New Atlas, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The suit says that even the lower temporary stop sign was not in place at the time of the crash.
    — David Garrick, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Video from the scene showed the back of the bus engulfed in flames while the vehicle sat at a stop sign.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The sight of a stop sign feels to them like barbed wire on the skin, and a glimpse of certain roses sounds like bells.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
  • Among the somber moments is a stop sign from the Pulse nightclub parking lot.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
  • The intersection had a stop sign and a flashing red light.
    — Maria Piñero, NBC news, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Robles got the stop sign after advancing to third base.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Water appears to be feet deep, reaching more than halfway up a stop sign pole and the trunks of trees.
    — NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Moments later, the car was at a stop sign as a fire engine approached with flashing lights.
    — Mike Isaac, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Before the collision, the teen ran a stop sign about 100 yards away from the booth.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025
  • In theory, cities could pepper them across every stop sign and traffic light.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Mar. 2026
  • He has been charged with a hit and run, failure to stop at a stop sign, and driving under the influence.
    — Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Let’s say the car is stopped at a stop sign on a side street and identifies two people standing at the corner.
    — Rodney Brooks, IEEE Spectrum, 27 July 2017
  • And like it or not, high gas prices end up being a mental stop sign for how much cash people want to blow on something else.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Drivers can use the phone when their car is fully stopped, such as at a red light or stop sign or maybe gridlocked in traffic.
    — Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Hartman was cited for running a stop sign and allowed to return to duty.
    — Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Alvarez was one of three people found near a vehicle that allegedly ran a stop sign and went off the road.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 19 Feb. 2026

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