How to Use traffic light in a Sentence

traffic light

noun
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  • From the lodge, the nearest traffic light is about a 100-mile drive.
    — Petrina Darrah, Wired, 2 Oct. 2021
  • At one point, the line was backed up to the traffic light, Surita said.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2022
  • 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
  • At a standard left turn at a traffic light, the system freaked out and tried to go right.
    — Christopher Cox, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The next day, the man was stopped at a traffic light and checked the winning numbers on the AR Lottery + Club app.
    — Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Barr stopped at a traffic light with the cruiser behind them.
    — Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The color of the Mahomes 1.0 is bright green to represent a traffic light.
    — Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Many traffic lights were knocked out, and trees toppled.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
  • At one traffic light, Brady was snapped caressing Shayk’s face as the two talked in the front seat of his black Rolls Royce.
    — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The Jeep was stopped at a traffic light which had turned green only moments before the crash.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 12 Dec. 2022
  • No country has been moved off the red list since the traffic light system started.
    — New York Times, 27 July 2021
  • The traffic light was installed less than a month ago as part of the state’s I-69 Finish Line project to grow the interstate.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Jan. 2022
  • That's a saying, that's a pedestrian, that's a traffic light, that's a road.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 18 June 2024
  • The way pedestrians scurried along to make a traffic light.
    — Lauretta Charlton, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Remember to treat a dead traffic light like an all-way stop.
    — oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2022
  • In the subway, on the street, at the traffic light, along the underpass, anywhere in America.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The impact caused the car and the motorcycle to hit two more vehicles stopped at the traffic light.
    — Dallas News, 29 Jan. 2022
  • Cramer wants to install a revolving door on the corner, right near the traffic light at Cedar Springs and Carlisle.
    — Dallas News, 18 Oct. 2022
  • While stopped at a traffic light, her son got out of their car to confront the other driver, the report states.
    — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 10 May 2022
  • Until that gets done, trail users will be diverted to the traffic light at 46th Street.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Sep. 2022
  • And in both Bavaria and Hesse, all three parties of the traffic light coalition incurred losses.
    — Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The truckers also say a new traffic light is needed to make the new depot safer.
    — Colin Campbell, baltimoresun.com, 26 Feb. 2021
  • At a traffic light, according to court documents, the woman was able to open the car door and get out.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The truck came to a stop after hitting a traffic light pole with a sign pointing toward Camp Bowie.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The Perez family moved to Anna in 2007, when the town had no grocery stores and only one traffic light.
    — Susan McFarland, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The impact caused the Jeep to hit a pedestrian and a traffic light pole before coming to a final rest.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Israel’s Route 60 begins at a traffic light in the city of Nazareth and heads due south along a course that can be measured in both miles and centuries.
    — Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2021
  • For unknown reasons, the driver left the roadway and his sedan slammed into a metal traffic light pole off the right side of the street, Heims said.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Many are encased in black orbs and are affixed to traffic light poles or installed in city parking garages.
    — Libor Janystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The Camry disregarded a red traffic light at 10th Street and continued westbound through the intersection, over the Interstate 43 overpass.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 9 July 2024

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