high road

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of high road Rounding out the top three is Switzerland, which also has a very low road traffic death rate of 2.2 per 100,000 people, low fuel and EV charging costs, and a very high road quality score of 6.3 out of 7. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2024 Speeding isn’t the only reason why the US has such high road fatality rates. Marin Cogan, Vox, 13 May 2024 In the United States, thousands of ‘high road’ restaurants are paving the way to a better industry, not just leading with their great food but their values. Saru Jayaraman, CNN, 14 Jan. 2023 If 2016 Obama was singing the virtues of the high road, firmly but selectively pushing back on a presidential candidate who had peddled falsehoods about her husband, her 2020 speech shot fire from that high road by using Trump’s words against him. Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2020 See all Example Sentences for high road 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high road
Noun
  • What To Know The advisory warned that road conditions could become hazardous, particularly during peak travel hours on Wednesday.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Mayor vetoes measure increasing borrowing by $4 million for additional road repairs Johnson vetoed in full a measure that would borrow an additional $4 million to fund improvements to an additional 30 lane miles of roadway.
    Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Limited driving range tends to be an issue when driving longer distances on the highway, creating an additional incentive to conserve fuel.
    Peter Douglas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Production has ceased on Season 2 of the Big Talk Studios series about an 18th-century highway robber, putting a cast and crew of hundreds out of work with nothing to show for their efforts.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Upon arrival, officers found an unresponsive male with apparent gunshot wounds lying in the street next to a vehicle parked in front of the address, according to the social media post.
    Lena Miano, arkansasonline.com, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Robinson’s friend, Danny Shigemori, who has lived on the street for 55 years and ran a landscaping business, lost his place too.
    Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Range within the city is only around 120 miles (193 km) while cruising around on the freeway will decrease that number further to 71 miles (114 km).
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Where exactly on the freeway off-ramp was her daughter when she was struck and killed by a driver who kept going?
    Ryan Lillis, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The school’s proximity to two major thoroughfares, 47th Street and Pulaski Road, makes walking and biking too dangerous for most other parents in the community, Galvez Searle said.
    Sarah Macaraeg, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The 405, the major thoroughfare connecting L.A. with the San Fernando Valley, remains open.
    Matteo Moschella, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Families being told to abandon their cars on evacuation routes to flee on foot and convalescent home residents being pushed down the street in wheelchairs as hot embers fly around them are scenes usually witnessed only in the movies.
    Caitlin Clarkson Pereira, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2025
  • City planner Nathan Koster told the council that more property owners along the route were open to recurring or regular closures of the intersection.
    Kyle Stokes, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The turnpike had become a major urban expressway, carrying more commuters than truckers or tourists, and the old fare cards were replaced by coin-toss baskets in the urban areas.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Two Turkey fans stood in the middle of a three-lane carriageway.
    James Horncastle, The Athletic, 6 July 2024
  • The project, first launched in 2019, broke ground in February 2023 to connect the A417 highway bypass to the Cowley roundabout, a section of road that is currently a single-lane carriageway that slows traffic, transportation officials said.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024

Thesaurus Entries Near high road

Cite this Entry

“High road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20road. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!