Sentence example with the word 'turnpike'

turnpike

alley, back door, carriageway, court, drive, hatchway, mews, porte cochere, roadway, storm door, township road

Definition n. (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid

Last update: July 12, 2015


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A car stops near the turnpike.   [Please select]

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The various grounds of exemption from toll on turnpike roads were all of a public character, e.g.   [Please select]

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A few hundred yards down the turnpike he pulled up again and long and critically surveyed a woodland.   [Please select]

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A long shrill whistle came from the turnpike and he heard Steve start into a gallop down the lane.   [Please select]

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Whipping the already jaded horse to a run, he dashed through the crowded streets, over the bridge, and out the turnpike.   [Please select]

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The main force of the North, strengthened with cannon, lay to the east of the turnpike.   [Please select]

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White dust flew from the turnpike under the feet of so many marching men and horses, and the wheels of cannon.   [Please select]

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Instantly the Acadians turned sharply from the turnpike and walked in a diagonal line through the fields.   [Please select]

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