How to use motorway in a sentence

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• The cars were snailing along the motorway during the rush hour.From the entry snail
• As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.From the entry wind
• On a motorway, you should always overtake other vehicles on the outside.From the entry outside
• On a motorway, you should never pass another vehicle on the inside.From the entry inside
• We ought to arrive by noon if we take the motorway, shouldn't we?From the entry ought
• The Highways Agency plan to close J10 of the M5 to refurbish the motorway bridge.From the entry j
• The traffic signs on motorways are particularly clear and well lit at night.From the entry traffic sign
• The road signs on motorways are particularly clear and well lit at night.From the entry road sign
• They put the new motorway right through the national park.From the entry put
• Before the motorway was built, this was unspoilt countryside.From the entry unspoilt
• The M25 is an orbital motorway around London.From the entry orbital
• His car's motor is bleeding smoking down the motorway.From the entry bleeding
• The car eased onto the motorway.From the entry ease
• Recent major road contracts include provision of signage for the M20 motorway and A14 upgrade in Cambridgeshire.2020 May 6, Paul Stephen, “Britain's bravest thinks big”, in Rail, page 63. From the entry signage
• In the UK, serious consideration is being given to their use on motorways.2010, Alan Rushton, Phil Croucher, Peter Baker, The Handbook of Logistics & Distribution Management, page 398. From the entry road train
• Immediately beyond the 'No entrance' sign onto the motorway slipway, turn right down the bank.2002, Michael Smout, Merseyside Meanders, →ISBN, page 98. From the entry slipway
• Later, on the motorway, a car with go-faster stripes and spoilers overtakes us, horn blaring.1999, Mark Simpson, It's a Queer World. From the entry go-faster stripe
• One junior minister failed to see why main lines could not simply be turned into motorways and be done with it.2024 January 10, Howard Johnston, “Launched for enthusiasts - now it's for everyone”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 28. From the entry junior minister
• Cross a motorway slipway – there are no traffic lights.2019, Declan Lyons, Cycling the Canal de la Garonne: From Bordeaux to Toulouse, →ISBN, page 48. From the entry slipway
• He'd left his homeland at fifteen, seeking his fortune on the motorways of Britain with McAlpine's Fusiliers before migrating to Sydney.2006, Kevin Noble, Baghdad Trucker, Durham: Northern Writers, page 92. From the entry McAlpine's Fusiliers
• After certain protests were made, especially after the opening of a motorway was benedicted, this practice seems to be fading away.1999, Facta Universitatis: Series philosophy and sociology. From the entry benedict
• A three-lane motorway can be up to (or even more than) 35 metres wide, with a hard shoulder on either side and a central reservation.2023 August 23, Chris Howe, “Green screen: HS2's route through the shires”, in RAIL, number 990, page 34. From the entry reservation
• Motorists could legally allow their cars to “self-drive” on British motorways later this year – but only slowly, the government has announced.2021 April 27, Gwyn Topham, “‘Self-driving’ cars could get green light for use on UK motorways this year”, in The Guardian. From the entry self-drive
• An almost 19th-century atmosphere has returned to Beetham since the M6 motorway drew away the traffic which used to roar along its main street.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd., page 53. From the entry draw away
• End-to-end journey times could be double that of lorries on the expanding motorway network, and it was more difficult than ever to path trains between fast passenger services.2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 67. From the entry end-to-end
• Chief Superintendent Alasdair Robinson said the device left below the M1 motorway was "sophisticated and substantial" and could have caused huge devastation and loss of life.2011 April 10, Henry McDonald, The Guardian. From the entry loss of life
• Trapped there is the prototype Concorde, which flew in but can never fly out, because the runway was shortened to make way for a motorway immediately after its arrival.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 233. From the entry fly out
• Before the confrontation, the youth sighted a police personnel carrier, two dog patrol vans, a motorway style car, at least two pandas and one unmarked police car.1975, Darcus Howe, editor, Race Today, London: Race Today Collective, →OCLC, page 279. From the entry panda
• The principal reason is that, in competition with modern road vehicles running over motorways, B.R. has a dour struggle to match the performance of its rivals cost-wise.1961 October, “Editorial: The importance of the "Roadrailer"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 577. From the entry dour

Meaning of motorway

1. noun A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.
2. noun A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.

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Questions about motorway in a sentence

How do you use motorway in a sentence?

Motorway is used as a noun. For example: “The cars were snailing along the motorway during the rush hour.”

What is a short sentence with motorway?

“The car eased onto the motorway.”

What does motorway mean?

Motorway means a highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.