How to Use express lane in a Sentence

express lane

noun
  • Get in the express lane for this one.
    — PC Magazine, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Get in the express lane for this one.
    — PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The current price will be displayed at a sign above the entrances to the express lane.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The cost per zone of Bay Area express lanes rises at peak traffic times; the more drivers on the road, the higher the cost to enter the express lane.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Currently, the corridor has only a 12-mile reversible express lane.
    — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 14 Jan. 2026
  • About 20 minutes later, authorities used the emergency shoulder and one express lane to allow a slow stream of cars to get through.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
  • In total, the corridor will include nine express lane connections designed to move traffic more efficiently through one of the fastest-growing parts of the state.
    — Brian Unger, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The police presence caused traffic delays, and at least one westbound express lane was blocked by police vehicles during the incident, according to the footage.
    — Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The officer tried to stop the driver, who did not yield and continued driving eastbound, entering the express lane of I-30, police said.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The $346 million project began in 2019 and will open one express lane in each direction along one of the busiest stretches of interstate in the region.
    — Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The express lane on the 110 North was flooded, forcing vehicles onto the freeway’s already crowded regular lanes.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • In the post, Guynes complained about the cost of regular tickets, the express lane and lack of landscaping at Universal Kids Resort.
    — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026
  • Meaning, the future of freeway traffic could look like an express lane that drivers can take all the way from downtown Sacramento to the Bay Area and everywhere in between.
    — Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Polly Voss At one point, the video shows Ross' car veering out of the express lane, nearly colliding with a passing vehicle driven by a 17-year-old girl.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • In 2023, the chain tried to alleviate this by adding a dedicated express lane for mobile orders at new and selected existing locations.
    — George A. Paul, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Officials said two cars were traveling in the express lane when the boy, identified as Jeremy Cruz-Sorto, climbed over the concrete barrier into the roadway.
    — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Drivers can enter or exit the express lane at 103rd Street, Blue Valley Parkway and 151st Street.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Speaking truth to power can put a person on the express lane to unemployment, but Bruce Labadie’s candid comment set him on a path that transformed the South Bay’s entertainment scene.
    — Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
  • But even Black athletes whose athleticism gifted them an extremely exclusive express lane in life can tell you stories about growing up a minority in America, or tales their parents or grandparents have told.
    — Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
  • Plans are already in the works for an express lane from Davis to Downtown Sacramento, as CBS13 has previously reported.
    — Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Polly Voss Her video shot on her phone shows the driver of one of the cars swerving suddenly to the right out of the express lane, nearly hitting a passing Jeep, which was driven by a 17-year-old named Katie Bush.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Police said the driver was unable to stay in the traffic lane and hit the barrier wall, causing the SUV to crash in the eastbound express lane near North Cockrell Hill Road in Dallas.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026
  • As Ward and Riley watched from the highway, EMT Jesse Robinson was in the express lane heading to work at John Peter Smith Hospital.
    — Nichole Manna, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Alternatives included an express lane requiring all drivers to pay a toll, HOV 2+ lanes in both directions, transit-only lanes in both directions and converting existing lanes to HOT lanes.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026
  • According to the arrest documents, a 2019 Mazda CX-5 — driven by Brinson — was traveling north on the inside express lane, driving past the Road Ranger and continued driving north into the active scene.
    — Hunter Geisel, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
  • On Sunday morning Ken Bradley was driving north in the express lane on Interstate 25, an hour-and-a-half into his commute from his Colorado Springs house to the Berthoud Fire Station, when he was hit head-on by that wrong-way driver north of Coors Field.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 20 May 2026

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