stoplight

Example Sentences

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Not long ago, my wife and I were at a stoplight and a new Corvette pulled up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 21, 2025

The annual parade and festival, which is in its fifth year, is held in La Center, a southwest Washington town of 4,300 that doesn’t have a stoplight.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2025

A driver slammed into the back of my car while I was at a stoplight during rush hour.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2025

Maybe it will be easier to accept, to pretend to use my phone anytime I’m waiting at a stoplight, physically unable to run away from peering eyes until the light flashes green.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2024

This was to distinguish her from our mother’s mother, who we called Grandma-over-in-town because she lived fifteen miles south, in the only town in the county, which had a single stoplight and a grocery store.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover