How to Use traffic jam in a Sentence

traffic jam

noun
  • Going down with a full-on traffic jam of loud cars, though?
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 10 June 2026
  • Among the newer of these is the traffic jam assist.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
  • With so many people, the traffic jam at times slowed to gridlock.
    — Julie Turkewitz Federico Rios, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The traffic jam, in other words, is clearing.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 May 2026
  • If there is an extended traffic jam, turn off the engine for a while, then back on.
    — Brian Manzullo, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2023
  • During the busiest days, this can lead to a traffic jam of pedestrians around the plaza.
    — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Henry Ford did not foresee the traffic jam.
    — Rodney Brooks, IEEE Spectrum, 27 July 2017
  • In a traffic jam on the 10 and in the solitude of Sequoia.
    — Kate Franco, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
  • In a traffic jam on the 10 and in the solitude of Sequoia.
    — Kate Franco, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Some died fleeing by car, when flames overtook vehicles caught in a traffic jam.
    — Kyle Rempfer, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The number of people in one area can cause quite a traffic jam for drivers looking for a place to park.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2024
  • Then on the way to the airport, there was a traffic jam that had my driver cutting through backstreets.
    — Mike Albo, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026
  • Families were lining up, ready to come inside two or three at a time to prevent a traffic jam.
    — Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Some sought to leave the country, causing a traffic jam at the border with Syria.
    — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
  • At one point, the road looks more like a parking lot as bulky military vehicles and trucks cause a traffic jam.
    — Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The traffic jam, known as the Strait of Hormuz, is only getting worse.
    — Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The bigger icebergs get stuck on the sill, and other icebergs pile up behind them, in a great glacial traffic jam.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Skip the cattle car-like boat tours of the island and the traffic jam at the Blue Grotto.
    — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2026
  • Don’t get in your car and try to drive away from the hazardous area — evacuating by car could create a traffic jam.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The pursuit caused a short traffic jam in the Sepulveda Pass.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
  • On Hydra, a traffic jam is three donkeys and a fisherman.
    — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
  • According to our readers, getting caught in a traffic jam is a pre-game ritual of its own.
    — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The traffic jam of vessels backed up ports, once a symbol of the supply chain crisis, has all but disappeared.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 8 June 2023
  • Anyone who’s waited for hours on end at an airport or who has been stuck in a major traffic jam knows the helpless feeling.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
  • On the Warriors’ front, this loss drags them back into a traffic jam in the middle of the conference.
    — Anthony Slater, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • On average, such systems buy the driver less than 10 minutes of peace in a traffic jam.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The goal is a cohesive customer journey, but the execution can feel more like a traffic jam.
    — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Police accused the group’s protest of causing a traffic jam that impeded an ambulance with blue lights on.
    — Mallory Moench, TIME, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Gladden slowly makes his way inside as the traffic jam of stars reaches its bottleneck near the venue’s entrance.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
  • It was not specified whether this shutdown was the cause of the traffic jam during which the subsequent crash happened.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 17 May 2026

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