TURNPIKE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for TURNPIKE, such as:
1. A toll road, also known as a toll way or turnpike, is a road for which a driver pays a fee for use.
2. Were you to give him a knife, and to turn him loose on a turnpike, he would cut your throat for two kopecks.
3. The sky was completely covered with clouds, and the dusty turnpike beginning to be sprinkled with drops of rain.
4. Meanwhile, Chichikov, seated in his britchka and bowling along the turnpike, was feeling greatly pleased with himself.
5. The turnpike lamp was a blur, quite out of the lamp's usual place apparently, and its rays looked solid substance on the fog.
2. Were you to give him a knife, and to turn him loose on a turnpike, he would cut your throat for two kopecks.
3. The sky was completely covered with clouds, and the dusty turnpike beginning to be sprinkled with drops of rain.
4. Meanwhile, Chichikov, seated in his britchka and bowling along the turnpike, was feeling greatly pleased with himself.
5. The turnpike lamp was a blur, quite out of the lamp's usual place apparently, and its rays looked solid substance on the fog.
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Meanings and Examples of TURNPIKE
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turnpike
n. (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid
n. an expressway on which tolls are collected
Classic Sentence:
1 Meanwhile, Chichikov, seated in his britchka and bowling along the turnpike, was feeling greatly pleased with himself.
2 The sky was completely covered with clouds, and the dusty turnpike beginning to be sprinkled with drops of rain.
3 Were you to give him a knife, and to turn him loose on a turnpike, he would cut your throat for two kopecks.
4 The turnpike lamp was a blur, quite out of the lamp's usual place apparently, and its rays looked solid substance on the fog.
5 But his greatest trials were in the churchyard, which had the appearance of a primeval forest, with a kind of small ecclesiastical wash-house on one side, and a turnpike gate on the other.
6 As John Dawkins objected to their entering London before nightfall, it was nearly eleven o'clock when they reached the turnpike at Islington.
7 He was likewise furnished with a felt hat well garnished with turnpike tickets; and a carter's whip.
Example Sentence:
1 A toll road, also known as a toll way or turnpike, is a road for which a driver pays a fee for use.