How to Use rest area in a Sentence

rest area

noun
Definition of rest areanext
  • To this day, one of my friends is still afraid to stop at rest areas.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Fees are waived this fall, but look for the donation box at the rest area.
    — Bob Timmons Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 24 Sep. 2020
  • The fence starts about 10 miles east of the canal and extends another three miles past it to the Salt Flats rest area.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The chase ended at a rest area near the College Park Road exit in the Ladson area.
    — Stephanie Toone, ajc, 15 May 2020
  • The trooper pulled the vehicle over at the Charlton rest area.
    — Laney Ruckstuhl, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2018
  • There are rest areas with benches on both legs of the loop to take a break if needed.
    — Mare Czinar, azcentral, 27 Feb. 2020
  • It can be seen in the median near Milepost 254, just north of the Sunset Point rest area.
    — Andrew Oxford, azcentral, 25 Dec. 2019
  • Several miles later, the couple saw the same car parked on the side of the road near a rest area northeast of Otis.
    — oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Easy beach access is a three-minute drive to the Ophir Wayside State Park river rest area.
    — oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2020
  • The crash occurred around milepost 208 in Arlington, just north of the Smokey Point rest area.
    — Katherine Long, The Seattle Times, 2 July 2018
  • The rest areas that serve travelers on both sides of Interstate 71 near Lebanon will be closed the rest of the year.
    — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 8 May 2018
  • Last Friday, Amanda and Sara were found dead in their car at a Colorado rest area.
    — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Holds have in the past been designed as cabin crew rest areas and for ablutions.
    — Benjamin D Katz, Bloomberg.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • There’s also a rest area McGuireville, at milepost 296 north of Camp Verde.
    — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2023
  • Police said a dump truck was parked at the rest area, when a tractor-trailer pulled up behind it.
    — Sean Welsh, baltimoresun.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Police shut the roadway down for about an hour and a half and diverted traffic through the rest area, Ryan said.
    — Elise Takahama, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • For many the highlight of Senja, the Tungeneset rest area is best known for its view of the jagged Oksen peaks across the Ersfjord.
    — David Nikel, Forbes, 3 July 2021
  • At one rest area along I-95 near Santee, S.C., cars were parked four deep in places by midmorning.
    — Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2017
  • The rest area for the pilots, which is separate from the one dedicated to the cabin crew, is close to the cockpit.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 27 June 2022
  • The hospital has heaters to use in case the weather gets cold and a rest area for staff who are testing residents.
    — Ana Faguy, baltimoresun.com, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Stranded by a blizzard, a young woman is forced to find shelter at a highway rest area with a group of strangers.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Ideal for long solo car trips, this air mattress is perfect for grabbing a nap in the rest area.
    — Jon Langston, Car and Driver, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Each pilot is off-duty in a crew rest area for several hours during the flight.
    — John Cox, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2019
  • My father dropped us off at a rest area along Interstate 87 in upstate New York.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The extra cost to staff the rest areas around the clock is $1.2 million out of an annual state budget of more than $20 billion.
    — Russell Blair, courant.com, 28 June 2019
  • Highway rest areas can be creepy, scarce, or simply closed.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 5 May 2020
  • The trail is only a quarter mile, with a series of ramps, staircases and rest areas built into the rock’s face.
    — Rosemary McClure, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2019
  • The rest area is located along a densely wooded stretch of Oregon 18.
    — oregonlive, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Just two days earlier, a Greyhound bus had slammed into three semi-trucks parked along a rest area ramp in Illinois.
    — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2023
  • In situations like this, the focus is always on dignity: The person might be moved to a crew rest area, or even to first class, where there’s likely to be more space, in the form of a spare seat, where the body can be discreetly placed.
    — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2024

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