How to Use traffic light in a Sentence

traffic light

noun
  • Take a left at the traffic light.
  • Change the traffic lights by adding more.
    — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Perseus hissed at the new traffic lights and turned around back home.
    — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Six were killed when the span fell on cars stopped at a traffic light.
    — Jon Lender, courant.com, 3 July 2019
  • Trying to open her car door at a traffic light.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Wind is gusting, so the traffic light sways, bounces and twists.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 7 June 2020
  • The light, which can be white or blue, is wired to light up when a traffic light is red.
    — Nataly Keomoungkhoun, Dallas News, 22 July 2021
  • The Toyota was stopped at a traffic light.
    — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Barr stopped at a traffic light with the cruiser behind them.
    — Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Two of those options should be a traffic light and sidewalks.
    — Jerry Presley, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Footage shows that the barriers were down and the traffic lights were red.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026
  • The shark, traffic light and two disco balls have come down from overhead.
    — Mark Davis, kansascity, 15 Feb. 2018
  • At one point, the line was backed up to the traffic light, Surita said.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2022
  • Across the island, roads are usable, but many traffic lights are dark.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2018
  • At the base of a traffic light, Cheshire stopped to pick up a shiny silver one.
    — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Areu pulled out of the studio gates one day not long after and stopped at a traffic light.
    — Nicquel Terry Ellis, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2020
  • That’s the traffic light turned upside down — green, caution, and red.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 May 2026
  • On the home page, click on the traffic light icon on the right, then click on traffic cameras.
    — Frank Fellone, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Mathis said cars pick up speed because for three blocks there are no traffic lights or stop signs.
    — Joe Holden, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • These choices function like a traffic light.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 May 2026
  • From the lodge, the nearest traffic light is about a 100-mile drive.
    — Petrina Darrah, Wired, 2 Oct. 2021
  • No country has been moved off the red list since the traffic light system started.
    — New York Times, 27 July 2021
  • With the new lanes, the buses will operate on their own traffic lights.
    — Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Never try to get moving in a hurry, and take the time to slow down for traffic lights.
    — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The wreck brought down traffic lights and power lines onto the roadway.
    — charlotteobserver, 2 Oct. 2017
  • If there is a problem with the traffic lights, the city can get the contractor to check them.
    — Wayne K. Roustan, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • That’s akin to reporting that a traffic light worked today and putting it on the front page.
    — Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The first-ever traffic lights were gas-lit, in London.
    — Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • There's traffic lights; there's Red Line buses.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
  • When Vallee stopped at a traffic light, the officers jumped out of their car, guns raised.
    — Stephanie Clifford, WIRED, 24 June 2019

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