How to Use traffic light in a Sentence

traffic light

noun

• Take a left at the traffic light.
• But when the traffic light is out, who has the right of way?
  — Aleanna Siacon, Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 2018
• From the lodge, the nearest traffic light is about a 100-mile drive.
  — Petrina Darrah, Wired, 2 Oct. 2021
• There are eight traffic lights along the 2½-mile stretch.
  — Anne Geggis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• At one point, the line was backed up to the traffic light, Surita said.
  — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2022
• Since the storms, there are no traffic lights on St. Thomas.
  — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 9 Feb. 2018
• Perseus hissed at the new traffic lights and turned around back home.
  — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2018
• Six were killed when the span fell on cars stopped at a traffic light.
  — Jon Lender, courant.com, 3 July 2019
• At the base of a traffic light, Cheshire stopped to pick up a shiny silver one.
  — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2020
• The light, which can be white or blue, is wired to light up when a traffic light is red.
  — Nataly Keomoungkhoun, Dallas News, 22 July 2021
• Route 151 and take a right on Hurd Park Road at first traffic light.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 15 May 2018
• The Jeep hit a 2009 Hyundai Sonata that was waiting at a traffic light.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2025
• Wilson, 66, served in the Marines and holds his sign at stop signs and traffic lights.
  — Eric Heisig, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2019
• Wind is gusting, so the traffic light sways, bounces and twists.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 7 June 2020
• On the home page, click on the traffic light icon on the right, then click on traffic cameras.
  — Frank Fellone, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2020
• At a standard left turn at a traffic light, the system freaked out and tried to go right.
  — Christopher Cox, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
• If there is a problem with the traffic lights, the city can get the contractor to check them.
  — Wayne K. Roustan, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• The next day, the man was stopped at a traffic light and checked the winning numbers on the AR Lottery + Club app.
  — Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2024
• Barr stopped at a traffic light with the cruiser behind them.
  — Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
• The color of the Mahomes 1.0 is bright green to represent a traffic light.
  — Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
• Areu pulled out of the studio gates one day not long after and stopped at a traffic light.
  — Nicquel Terry Ellis, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2020
• Never try to get moving in a hurry, and take the time to slow down for traffic lights.
  — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 11 Nov. 2019
• When Vallee stopped at a traffic light, the officers jumped out of their car, guns raised.
  — Stephanie Clifford, WIRED, 24 June 2019
• Many traffic lights were knocked out, and trees toppled.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
• The shark, traffic light and two disco balls have come down from overhead.
  — Mark Davis, kansascity, 15 Feb. 2018
• At one traffic light, Brady was snapped caressing Shayk’s face as the two talked in the front seat of his black Rolls Royce.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
• The Jeep was stopped at a traffic light which had turned green only moments before the crash.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 12 Dec. 2022
• Apple Maps, meanwhile, will tell me to pass the next traffic light and turn right at the one after it.
  — Justin Pot, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2025
• No country has been moved off the red list since the traffic light system started.
  — New York Times, 27 July 2021
• Cars were flipped over, traffic lights and lamp posts were torn down, and there were even unconfirmed reports of explosions.
  — Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025