How to Use traffic cone in a Sentence

traffic cone

noun
  • Doyle said he was hit in the face with a rock and a plastic traffic cone.
    — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 8 May 2024
  • In one video, a teen does a viral dance with traffic cones fitted to his legs.
    — Taylor Lorenz, The Atlantic, 12 July 2019
  • The van’s windows were smashed and a lone orange traffic cone sat on the hood.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2026
  • We were supposed to place the traffic cone by the bend in the road where the truck was meant to stop.
    — John Jeremiah Sullivan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Lawn chairs and traffic cones are common choices.
    — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The footage shows one teen chasing him across the street and striking him with the traffic cone.
    — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 8 July 2022
  • But soon enough, the road was closed, first by traffic cones and then by six police horses.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
  • One of the teens is captured hurling a traffic cone at the victim.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 12 July 2022
  • From coral to traffic cone, find your foolproof guide to orange nail polish, ahead.
    — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 20 June 2019
  • The trucks carry traffic cones, push bumpers and other equipment.
    — Anna Beahm, AL.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Video from the scene shows traffic cones and warning signs posted around pools of tar that are covered with sand.
    — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Cassidy recalls seeing an adult bring an orange traffic cone to the den for the pups.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Some used orange traffic cones, bricks and wooden poles to set up barricades on main roads.
    — New York Times, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Apparently, their bars are a bit less full now, the traffic cones are off their statues.
    — Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
  • Apparently, their bars are a bit less full now, the traffic cones are off their statues.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
  • The teens pelted the stranger with traffic cones and bottles before taking off.
    — Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 19 June 2024
  • Others have placed traffic cones and signs on their properties to keep people off.
    — Jacques Billeaud, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Others have placed traffic cones and signs on their properties to keep people off.
    — ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The front doors were locked, and orange traffic cones blocked the entrances into the parking lot.
    — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 26 July 2023
  • The protesters threw traffic cones and other objects at the group.
    — NBC News, 5 Aug. 2019
  • And an ‘80s-style disco roller rink was a square of concrete blocked off by pink and white traffic cones.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The ominous message was taped to an 18-inch orange traffic cone.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2023
  • One of the men hit the car with a large orange traffic cone, putting a dent in the door, according to the report.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 June 2022
  • My guess is that both sides are being funded by the deep state cabal that owns the traffic cone concession.
    — Cincinnati.com, 20 Sep. 2017
  • In the video, what appears to be a teenage boy and girl can be seen hurling a traffic cone at Lambert three times.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 12 July 2022
  • The cars were dented, with a number of windows broken with traffic cones, police said.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Lightning bolts offer additional boosts to go faster, and tires and traffic cones can cause a loss of points.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • There's this kind of very activist-y kind of group that was going around and putting one of those orange traffic cones on the hood of these cars.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Some threw traffic cones and others pounded the hood of an SUV that whisked him away.
    — Fox News, 13 Feb. 2020
  • The sign had been previously damaged and had been affixed to the parking lot with the traffic cone.
    — cleveland.com, 6 Sep. 2019

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