How to Use roadwork in a Sentence

roadwork

noun
  • The roadwork caused a backup in traffic.
  • The city isn't on the hook for any of that roadwork, either.
    — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Six members of a roadwork crew plunged to their deaths in the collapse.
    — NPR, 12 May 2024
  • Six members of a roadwork crew plunged to their deaths in the March 26 collapse.
    — CBS News, 13 May 2024
  • The crux of the tragedy is a trivial element of roadwork.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2024
  • There still would be some roadwork done throughout the state.
    — Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 23 June 2017
  • Six members of a roadwork crew plunged to their deaths in the disaster.
    — Lea Skene, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Patrick Seger, 2nd Ward, said the roadwork project and new businesses will help people on both sides of the street.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The irony was the roadwork and the bridge in that sequence was in the original pilot of Justified.
    — EW.com, 18 Oct. 2023
  • But before the roadwork can be done, the water main on Park must first be replaced.
    — Hank Beckman, chicagotribune.com, 28 June 2018
  • Opting out means a project moves to the bottom of the list, delaying roadwork for decades.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 11 June 2019
  • Lots of roadwork is scheduled to take place around metro Atlanta over the weekend.
    — Henri Hollis, ajc, 17 July 2021
  • Drivers can expect roadwork to take place during the day and night.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 15 Oct. 2022
  • The roadwork is expected to begin by the end of the yearand be completed next spring.
    — Paulina Pineda, azcentral, 17 June 2019
  • Easter and spring breaks end in April, meaning kids are back at school in May. Plus roadwork picks up steam.
    — Gary Richards, The Mercury News, 31 May 2017
  • At the same time, roadwork will be starting on Pleasant Street, a few blocks south, for a $113 million project there.
    — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The roadwork will involve double-lane, single-lane and full closures over the course of the weekend.
    — Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Until the roadwork nears completion, complaints are the order of the day.
    — Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Because the stormwater bonds can’t be used for the roadwork, the developer will pay for that as well as part of the stormwater work.
    — Amy Lavalley, chicagotribune.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • But the lack of information about roadwork and the work on gas lines in front of their business has been harder on the business.
    — Megan Taros, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Instead, much of the roadwork was done by Azarpassillo—at a much higher cost.
    — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2017
  • Rain could have more of a dampening effect than the roadwork, some merchants said.
    — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2017
  • All lanes on Karcher will be open during the daytime with all major roadwork taking place from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
    — Rachel Spacek, Idaho Statesman, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Angie Shingler and her family own a grassy acre that abuts the roadwork.
    — Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The average rush-hour speed on the B.Q.E. has dropped to 25 miles per hour, owing to an increase in traffic or roadwork, or both.
    — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 17 May 2020
  • The problems began when the county did roadwork on Lannon Road in 2004, according to the suit.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Stephen is in a taxi; his obstacles are a chatty driver and roadworks.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Hopefully, this roadwork will bring us back on common roads and home bound.
    — cleveland, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Here's a list of the major roadwork, and detours around it, happening in Menomonee Falls for the next several weeks.
    — Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2018
  • At the time of impact, a seven-person roadwork crew was fixing potholes on the bridge and were plunged into the water; only one survived with serious injuries.
    — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024

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