How to Use route in a Sentence

route

1 of 2 noun
  • We didn't know what route to take.
  • We live on a rural route.
  • You could take a different route and still arrive at the same conclusion.
  • Take Route 2 into town.
  • The team saw a free, over-the-air option as the best route.
    Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The pre-bus stop phase is also the time to plan your route.
    Mark Gozonsky, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The shooting was away from the parade route and rally area.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Or take the coastal route to hit the hidden beach of Tipaniers, at the end of a sandy path in Moorea's northeast corner.
    Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2023
  • And of course, there's always the risk that weather could cause route changes or delays.
    Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Those trapped in the city have no remaining escape route.
    Rob Picheta, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Love found Romeo Doubs on a fade route for a nine-yard touchdown midway through the first quarter.
    Austin Curtright, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Chase is running just about every route in the offense and is making plays all over the field.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 31 July 2023
  • This short-term feedback could be the route to long-term health benefits.
    Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 7 July 2023
  • Waves of Quakers, Germans and descendants of British colonists staked out more routes over the next 200 years.
    Jayne Orenstein, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Also on the to-do list: improving how the KU receivers run routes when the quarterback might be on the move.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024
  • To begin the drive, Moore ran a simple curl route where Fields put it right on his chest for a completion.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • This new route will be the sixth destination Breeze flies to from the Long Island airport.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The train was running on the tracks of what was once the Langhe-Roero and Monferrato railway, until the route ended in 2018.
    Taras Grescoe, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Major shipping firms are returning to routes through the Red Sea.
    Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2023
  • This isn't the first time Robbie has gone the ponytail route when paying homage to her plastic alter ego.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 28 Nov. 2023
  • As a player and then manager of the Padres, that was his route to the franchise’s old and current spring training homes.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The brunt of the storm will not be felt in the area’s biggest cities but is making travel treacherous on major routes.
    Sara Tonks, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
  • There were half a million spectators cheering us along the route.
    Jeff Banowetz, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2023
  • According to the city, boarding time per passenger on two of the free routes decreased 6% and decreased 23% on the third.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 8 July 2023
  • One of her longer routes takes her through Hollywood on her way to Sunset Boulevard.
    Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Russia often changes the route of their missiles and drones to find weak spots in Ukraine’s air defenses.
    Mstyslav Chernov, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2023
  • Trash pickup will still be four days a week, with the same Monday-and-Thursday or Tuesday-and-Friday routes.
    Greg Garrison | , al, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The attacks have blocked shipping in the Red Sea, which is a key route for global trade and energy shipments.
    Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2024
  • And like the Espresso Cadore, those trains will also be constructed of old cars refitted for the new routes.
    Marianna Cerini, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The announcement of additional aid routes hours later met some but not all of Mr. Biden’s demands.
    Peter Baker, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
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route

2 of 2 verb
  • When the doctor is out, his calls are routed to his answering service.
  • Traffic was routed around the accident.
  • Calls that come through your iPad will be routed through your iPhone.
    Harry Guinness, Popular Science, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The transducer has to fit in a scupper and the cable should be easy to route to the display.
    Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
  • The men in pink were routed 4-0 on a frigid, rainy afternoon.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2024
  • See more about the new bus and book your ticket for Amtrak’s Cascades route on amtrakcascades.com.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Four weeks ago, Madison was 3-6 and had been routed in back-to-back losses.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The Bills routed Pittsburgh on Monday 31-17 with the game postponed for a day because of a snowstorm.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Our air traffic controllers and weather pros are routing flights around the storms.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023
  • Put a small hose on the bleeder to route the fluid into a container.
    Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The comment portals are designed to help get the word out and route feedback from voters to the government.
    Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Porzel said it's all been homes for sale, all bad numbers routed through crisis lines.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 16 May 2023
  • The goal for each team is to fire lasers at aerial relays that can then route the beams to their destinations.
    IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2023
  • However, tail-out antics are made possible by a selectable rear-wheel-drive mode that routes all the V-8's fury to the back.
    Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 18 July 2023
  • As a result, developers must route their apps through the Apple and Google app stores—and pay the fees set by the two gatekeepers.
    Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Those with a non-Alaska area code who dial 988 will be routed to the call center nearest their area code.
    Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, Anchorage Daily News, 11 May 2023
  • Secure your slab-flattening bit into your router, drop the router into the sled, and start routing.
    Jean Levasseur, Popular Science, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Last week, Princeton went to northern Ohio and routed Elyria, 41-7.
    James Weber, The Enquirer, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Team members on the ground use technology to match where bags are going and how to route the bag to connect with the customer, Rath said.
    Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 5 June 2023
  • At the same time, Ukrainian forces routed a series of Russian offensives in the country’s east.
    Phil McCausland, NBC News, 27 June 2023
  • Transport costs have risen as shipping companies route vessels around the southern tip of Africa, adding a week or more to voyages.
    David McHugh, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Vicki Murphy, a spokeswoman for the district, routed questions to BPD.
    Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Ford isn’t the only company routing more controls through its screens.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 22 Jan. 2024
  • On Sunday night, the Kraken scored five second-period goals in routing the Stars and knocking Oettinger out of the game.
    Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 10 May 2023
  • Although routed now through the circuits of a sleek 20th-century killing machine.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The student’s friend gave the letter to Palm Beach Central chorus teacher Houchins, who routed it to the school’s guidance office.
    Katherine Kokal, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
  • But with the nontender deadline looming, there has been no public indication of which route the team will take.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The Beavers have cruised to wins in the first two games, routing the Eagles by a combined score of 27-1, easily clinching their first series victory of the season.
    Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The powertrain is mated to a nine-speed automatic gearbox that routes power to all four wheels.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2023
  • If a person is reported as being a danger to themselves or others, that call is usually routed to police before the fire department, Schieck said.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2024

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