Sentence examples for empty of traffic from inspiring English sources

The roads themselves were empty of traffic.

Nowadays it is so heavily secured that it is virtually empty of traffic and pedestrians.

By dawn today, parts of the city were empty of traffic and soldiers blocked off key squares and intersections.

Uptowners who had been turned back by cops at the barricade stood and watched while downtown residents ambled down an avenue that was nearly empty of traffic.

The streets in downtown Cairo were empty of traffic, and most businesses were closed; some, including a McDonald's, had their windows and interiors smashed up.

Although many stores and gas stations were shuttered and the streets were unusually empty of traffic, some people proceeded as if Monday was not out of the ordinary.

Businesses and schools were shuttered, streets emptied of traffic and the international airport closed.

Again a barrage of stones was hurled at policemen and the street quickly emptied of traffic.

There, streets were emptied of traffic, with many stores closing and people getting out of town because of fear that the violence would spread.

At 3 p.m. on Fridays, the streets emptied of traffic, commercial districts cleared out, and quiet contemplation pushed aside the tensions of this hectic, largely working-class city -- tensions aggravated at the time by the al-Aqsa intifada.

At 3 p.m. on Fridays, the streets emptied of traffic, commercial districts cleared out, and quiet contemplation pushed aside the tensions of this hectic, largely working-class city — tensions aggravated at the time by the al-Aqsa intifada.