Lanes is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Lanes meaning
- plural of lane
- bowling alley
- One side of a divided highway that carries traffic in a single direction.
Using Lanes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of lane | bowling alley | One side of a divided highway that carries traffic in a single direction.
- In the example corpus, lanes often appears in combinations such as: bike lanes, lanes and, lanes of.
Context around Lanes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 13 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lanes
- In this selection, "lanes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, southbound, westbound, eastbound, heading, instead and accept stand out and add context to how "lanes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 405 express lanes a tollway, access two lanes heading east, bike lanes and express lanes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lanes" sits close to words such as mohammed, cryptocurrency and discussing, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lanes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Northbound lanes of I-95 have reopened while the southbound lanes remain closed. (13 words)
Carol Cannon throws a ball down the lanes at Big Country Lanes last Wednesday. (14 words)
The next two leftmost lanes are FasTrak-only lanes, and all other lanes accept both cash and FasTrak. (18 words)
His unparalleled mobility facilitates a top 5 rushing attack for the Ravens every year, because even when he doesn’t have the ball, his gravity opens up rushing lanes for running backs and forces defenses to adapt, opening up passing lanes down the field. (44 words)
In 1958 tram services across the bridge were withdrawn and the tracks replaced by two extra road lanes; these lanes are now the leftmost southbound lanes on the bridge and are still clearly distinguishable from the other six road lanes. (40 words)
The traffic management will consist of the lanes heading towards Rice Bridge being closed and a contra-flow on the lanes heading away from Rice Bridge for approximately 100m, just to the east of the old Ard Rí Hotel entrance. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
In 1958 tram services across the bridge were withdrawn and the tracks replaced by two extra road lanes; these lanes are now the leftmost southbound lanes on the bridge and are still clearly distinguishable from the other six road lanes.
Because the CPU itself is limited to a maximum of 16 lanes of PCIe, populating the NVMe or x4 PCI slot will kick the GPU from 16 lanes to 8 lanes.
To really safeguard cyclists, Mr. Orcutt said, the new bike lanes would have to connect to other protected bike lanes instead of ending and forcing cyclists into traffic lanes.
During public comment, concerns were heard about the Michigan Department of Transportation’s proposal to widen traffic lanes on the highway — either four wider lanes, or just three but still wider lanes.
Once the new outside lanes are completed next year, he said, traffic will use the new lanes while the older center lanes are demolished and replaced with new bridge decking.
The next two leftmost lanes are FasTrak-only lanes, and all other lanes accept both cash and FasTrak.
These lanes function as HOV lanes only on weekdays during rush hour, and as regular passing lanes the rest of the time.
Aerial photos show it would have had to first obey a stop sign before entering the westbound lanes, then stop at a concrete median and obey a yield sign before proceeding into the eastbound lanes.
A rescue helicopter was called in, while westbound lanes were closed and the eastbound lanes partially affected to facilitate the landing.
Carol Cannon throws a ball down the lanes at Big Country Lanes last Wednesday.
He explains that while the corridor was already being used on a partial basis, motorists will now be able to access two lanes heading east and two lanes heading west.
His unparalleled mobility facilitates a top 5 rushing attack for the Ravens every year, because even when he doesn’t have the ball, his gravity opens up rushing lanes for running backs and forces defenses to adapt, opening up passing lanes down the field.
Initially, the Coalition Avenir Québec's project was set to include six lanes, only two of which were reserved bus lanes.
Instead, in the middle of the conventional freeway will sit the 405 Express Lanes – a tollway – offering two lanes in each direction.
Northbound lanes of I-95 have reopened while the southbound lanes remain closed.
Once that is complete, two-way traffic will divert to the westbound lanes while the eastbound lanes undergo construction.
Southbound lanes reopened a little after 9:30 a.m., but Miller said northbound lanes could be closed for several hours.
The traffic management will consist of the lanes heading towards Rice Bridge being closed and a contra-flow on the lanes heading away from Rice Bridge for approximately 100m, just to the east of the old Ard Rí Hotel entrance.
According to him, when the bridge was constructed, it was meant for three lanes but was converted by motorists during rush hours to six lanes, adding that the bridges are not designed for loads, especially stationary ones.
As he travelled east along the A617, he moved into the far left of four lanes before turning right at the crossroads – a manoeuvre that saw him cut across lanes two and three, which were for traffic going straight ahead.
Phrases with lanes
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with lanes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- bike lanes 30×
- lanes and 26×
- lanes of 23×
- lanes are 18×
- two lanes 18×
- all lanes 18×
- lanes in 16×
- the lanes 13×
- northbound lanes 12×
- southbound lanes 11×