Sentence examples for beat traffic from inspiring English sources
"beat traffic" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English
It means to successfully navigate through traffic or to arrive at a destination before the expected or usual time. Example: "I left the house early in order to beat traffic and get to work on time."
She beat traffic, arriving at the channel with minutes to spare.
Ritchie allowed himself a few minutes of exultation before heading back out to the Escalade, to beat traffic.
And LeBron James staked out space in Miami's bike lanes to beat traffic to a game on Sunday.
If you've used Waze, you know the thrilling feeling of going on a crazy Mr. Toad's Wild Reroute to beat traffic.
Her daughter, Laurette La Liveres, began bringing her homemade pans of chicken and pots of rice, often leaving her own apartment in Ozone Park, Queens, at 5 a.m. to beat traffic.
Yogi Berra had been there, but he left in the eighth inning to beat traffic across the bridge, perhaps the only time in his life that Yogi was not in the right place at the right time.
It may be the hippest method ever devised for beating traffic.
In the stands, thousands of fans braved temperatures in the 20s, sometimes lower, not interested in beating traffic.
Towns like Pleasantville take an extra beating: traffic diverted from the Saw Mill flows into local streets, creating bottlenecks.
The "don't walk" signals are intended to give pedestrians time to finish crossing the street and, despite common practice, are not invitations to sprint into the road in the hope of beating traffic.
The solution to beating traffic congestion in cities, if it comes, will probably take a long time to reap rewards.
