How to Use guardrail in a Sentence

guardrail

noun
  • There do need to be guardrails.
    — Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • Maybe the guardrails get stricter.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • What do the guardrails look like?
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2026
  • That’s where the guardrail kicks in.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Or at least put guardrails around it.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Each trust would rest on three guardrails.
    — Nicolas S. Rohatyn, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • That means the phone needs more guardrails.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
  • The trail traces the canyon rim, and there are no guardrails.
    — Taryn Shorr-McKee, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026
  • That’s when an arm pops out of the gap and grabs the guardrail.
    — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2022
  • There was no guardrail at the spot where the sedan went off the cliff.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2023
  • There was no guardrail at the spot where the sedan went off the cliff.
    — CBS News, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Leaders need to set clear guardrails.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • But growth without guardrails comes at a cost.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Set guardrails that work in the real world.
    — Jason Richmond, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Building those guardrails are not easy.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The guardrail project is a long time coming.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The market will need guardrails.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • At least one car crashed into the right guardrail.
    — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Any guardrails will be removed.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • But those guardrails aren’t perfect.
    — Jasmine Cui, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Flora looked out over the guardrails but could not see the coast.
    — Sheila Heti, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
  • That requires clear guardrails.
    — Heather Rosenow, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The mother swung her legs over the guardrail and sat on the edge.
    — Madhuri Vijay, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The 6% figure serves as a guardrail.
    — Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Above, guardrails on all four sides of the bed prevent any fall risks.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Above, guardrails on all four sides of the bed prevent any fall risks.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This is where the rubber meets the road, or the car hits the guardrail.
    — Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2025
  • And now ends the saga of the Chaney Trail guardrail.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
  • The Equinox then ran off the road and hit the center guardrail.
    — Elainie Barraza, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The truck veered off the road and crashed through the guardrail where the crew was working.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024

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