TRAFFIC in a Sentence
Learn TRAFFIC from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
87 example sentences for TRAFFIC, such as:
1. Cross with care at the traffic lights.
2. He ran across the road, dodging the traffic.
3. We had to shout above the noise of the traffic.
4. There was a queue of traffic waiting to turn right.
5. We got stuck in a traffic jam on the approach road.
2. He ran across the road, dodging the traffic.
3. We had to shout above the noise of the traffic.
4. There was a queue of traffic waiting to turn right.
5. We got stuck in a traffic jam on the approach road.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of TRAFFIC
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traffic
n. the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time
n. the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
Classic Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1 It ain't an easy job, directing the traffic at 'Yde Park Corner.'
2 And, I can tell you, to direct the traffic orderly, at 'Yde Park Corner, Piccadilly Circus, is a whole-time, white man's job.'
3 He that would live by traffic, must hold himself at the disposal of every one claiming business with him.
4 But he was aware of the noises of the night, the engines at Stacks Gate, the traffic on the main road.
5 As they approached the City, the noise and traffic gradually increased; when they threaded the streets between Shoreditch and Smithfield, it had swelled into a roar of sound and bustle.
6 It was one of the main arteries which conveyed the traffic of the City to the north and west.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
Context Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
7 Then he dashed in wild pursuit amid the stream of the traffic, but the start was too great, and already the cab was out of sight.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
8 There was no one in Charles Street, but a great traffic was going on, as usual, in Whitehall, at the extremity.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
9 The shop, the advertisement, traffic, all that commerce which constitutes the body of our world, was gone.
10 Occasionally it was loud enough to be heard even above the rattle of traffic at noon.
11 He felt that it was a traffic in human bodies on a par with prostitution, a sin that would be on his soul if he permitted her to do it.
12 Night had now closed in, and the roar of traffic in Forty-second Street was dying out.
13 Contentedly Sam Clark drove off, in the heavy traffic of three Fords and the Minniemashie House Free 'Bus.'
14 She was battered by the noise and shuttling of the rush-hour traffic.
15 There are those living who know the mothers whom this accursed traffic has driven to the murder of their children; and themselves seeking in death a shelter from woes more dreaded than death.
Example Sentence: (67 in 5 pages)
1 We had to shout above the noise of the traffic.
2 The police put a barrier across the road to stop the traffic.
3 He ran across the road, dodging the traffic.
4 Add an extra ten minutes to your journey time to allow for the traffic.
5 They have to wait for clearance from air traffic control.
6 We got stuck in a traffic jam on the approach road.
7 Residents are complaining because traffic in the area has increased.
8 There is heavy traffic in the downtown area tonight.
9 There was a queue of traffic waiting to turn right.
10 There's usually a lot of traffic at this time of day.
11 The newcomer is not used to the heavy traffic in big cities.
12 After a series airraid, the traffic in the capital was chaotic.
13 Cross with care at the traffic lights.
14 City planners are looking for ways to ease traffic.
15 Roadworks have caused traffic jams throughout the city centre.