one-way
Example Sentences
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Josh Adams was picked out by Dan Edwards' precise punt for Wales's solitary try five minutes after the restart, but, for the most part, the one-way traffic continued to steamroll the visitors.
From BBC
Alcaraz started warming up and zipping around and it became obvious the match was going to be one-way traffic.
“Suddenly, it seems that might be stopping. If the U.S. administration is comfortable with a weaker currency, which it seems like it is, the dollar is no longer a one-way trade. That changes everything.”
When I first flew on a one-way ticket to Chiang Mai, Thailand, in 1993, I arrived with no job, no contacts and no Thai beyond a few phrases acquired from a military language instruction cassette.
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have said that, but your mother”—she sighs— “always seems to be heading the wrong way on a one-way street.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
