How to Use turnpike in a Sentence

turnpike

noun
  • The crash forced the right lane on the turnpike to close for about 3 hours.
    — Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2022
  • The jet crossed over the turnpike at 19 feet above the ground.
    — Russell Lewis, NPR, 4 June 2026
  • Well, the turnpike had blocked a whole bunch of vehicles there.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The turnpike was reduced to a single lane around the crash for two hours, the statement said.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2022
  • The officer talked to the driver, who said he got lost while trying to find the turnpike.
    — John Benson, cleveland.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Meanwhile, at the other end of the turnpike, the focus is on the helmet.
    — Jon Wilner, The Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Should users of the Ohio turnpike be worried about identity theft.
    — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The crash closed the eastbound lanes of the turnpike at Lake Drive, police said.
    — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2020
  • Southbound lanes on the turnpike extension are open.
    — Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Same with traffic heading off to the left of the turnpike to get to the plaza bathrooms and fast-food windows.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
  • It’s been 23 years since that day on the turnpike, and the four men have never talked about what happened to them.
    — USA Today, 16 Oct. 2021
  • That is just part of the fallout from the turnpike’s notorious software case.
    — Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The pole also struck a Jeep traveling on the turnpike, state police said.
    — Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 4 May 2026
  • The drive-through line spilled out onto Preston and over the turnpike, blocking traffic.
    — Dallas News, 18 May 2022
  • State police closed the turnpike for 7 hours after the accident.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 27 July 2021
  • The middle part of the turnpike would have gateless lanes, but at which drivers will have to slow down to 10 miles per hour.
    — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 10 July 2021
  • Drivers wouldn't have to slow down to pitch coins into a basket like on some East Coast turnpikes.
    — Gordon R. Friedman, OregonLive.com, 10 June 2017
  • The shirts should be in stock in gift shops on turnpike service plazas from Orlando to Broward by fall.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The turnpike also erected electronic signs to urge drivers to put their phones down and focus on the road.
    — Robin Goist, cleveland, 8 Oct. 2020
  • His car was struck head-on by a driver going the wrong way on the turnpike, the State Police said.
    — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The plane hit a light pole on the turnpike in its final descent into Newark Airport.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 5 June 2026
  • Police went to the area and heard the shots that were near the turnpike in Olmsted Township.
    — cleveland, 10 July 2020
  • Air rights projects over the turnpike have been cursed — the last one completed was Copley Place, four decades ago.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • South of Manchester, at the turnpike toll station, cars are lined up waiting for the single manned booth to take their cash.
    — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2018
  • On Wednesday, crews cleared the wreckage and turnpike officials pored over the scene to see if heat from the fire damaged the road.
    — Ian Cummings, tony Rizzo, joe Robertson, judy L. Thomas, donna McGuire, E. Rice, matt Campbell, and Shane Sanderson, kansascity, 12 July 2017
  • The blaze caught drivers off guard, forcing them to exit the turnpike and navigate gridlock on nearby surface roads.
    — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • The turnpike between Dallas and Fort Worth meant a fast 35-minute run city to city for just a quarter.
    — star-telegram, 7 Oct. 2017
  • While Newington Police were en route to the store, Velazquez left out of the front of the store and fled north on the turnpike.
    — Kathleen McWilliams, courant.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Eventually, the turnpike aims to set up the highway-speed, gateless lanes for the entire 241-mile toll road.
    — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 10 July 2021
  • The debris from the light pole then hit a tractor-trailer driving on the turnpike, leading the driver to sustain minor injuries.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026

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