How to Use guardrail in a Sentence

guardrail

noun

• That’s when an arm pops out of the gap and grabs the guardrail.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2022
• The force of the collision sent the truck over the guardrail.
  — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
• There was no guardrail at the spot where the sedan went off the cliff.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2023
• The Equinox then ran off the road and hit the center guardrail.
  — Elainie Barraza, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2023
• The mother swung her legs over the guardrail and sat on the edge.
  — Madhuri Vijay, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2022
• At the Spur 280 exit, the car hit a guardrail and stopped.
  — Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2022
• The truck veered off the road and crashed through the guardrail where the crew was working.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
• The cars crashed into the guardrail, and the impact from the truck crushed one of the cars.
  — Angie Dimichele, sun-sentinel.com, 23 July 2021
• The woman jumped over the guardrail and ran into the woods.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 20 July 2021
• The car then veered to the right, went across the on-ramp lane from Route 9 South and struck a guardrail.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 21 Jan. 2022
• The Cruze drove off the left side of the road, struck a guardrail and stopped in the median.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 6 Mar. 2021
• The result will define the guardrails for the election.
  — Cristina Corujo, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2024
• The deceased had jumped on the hood of a car and then fell off and struck a guardrail.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2022
• Those guardrails no longer hold, in part thanks to Macron.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
• Adding to the excitement was the lack of guardrail, just a lot of Texas over the top.
  — Gary Witzenburg, Car and Driver, 7 July 2021
• That, in turn, caused the semitruck to go through the guardrails and partially off the bridge.
  — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 2 Mar. 2024
• Flora looked out over the guardrails but could not see the coast.
  — Sheila Heti, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
• The ravine lay more than 9,000 feet below, and no guardrail lined the road.
  — Anna Sherman Maxime Fossat, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
• The guardrails should reach or exceed the height of the child’s naval during use.
  — Samson McDougall, Parents, 5 Oct. 2024
• The deputies landed outside of the guardrail, FHP said.
  — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
• The driver lost control of the Elantra, which went off the road, hit a guardrail and turned over.
  — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024
• The Audi struck a guardrail on the side of the road, according to the statement.
  — Jessica Villagomez, chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2021
• Maybe the pandemic should be a guardrail for all of us.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 29 Mar. 2021
• Now, back to the signs in question: Once upon a time, there was a guardrail in front of the house.
  — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2021
• The vehicle went through the guardrails of the parking garage, WSOC said.
  — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2024
• Secure the guardrail and angled base with glue and screws.
  — Tim Faszer, Popular Mechanics, 13 Mar. 2021
• Sting struggled to climb over the guardrail and instead opted to move it to the side.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
• The woman was headed west on Route 60 when her car struck a guardrail on the north side of the road.
  — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022
• Bystanders grabbed a guardrail attached to the ride’s main base to hold it down.
  — NBC News, 10 July 2021
• Fire officials said one car rolled over and went through a guardrail causing heavy damage.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 4 Mar 2025