Sentence examples for straight stretch from inspiring English sources

That's why I picked a straight stretch".

The crash occurred on a straight stretch of highway in the daylight in dry weather.

And there's nothing that Americans like better than a long, straight stretch of blacktop-without cracks.

The children run the straight stretch to Lenglen, up a set of wide stairs, then curl to the left.

Just before Mr van Hoogstraten's estate, Eddie points to a newly tarred patch on a straight stretch of road.

The tunnel curves at both ends but at the centre there is a straight stretch of about 1,000 metres.

She sits up straight, stretches her back and yawns: "Gee, I wish I had a potato chip".

being driven at 60 miles an hour (three times the legal speed limit) on the straight stretches of the London-Brighton Road".

The highway, in an industrial zone that is largely deserted on weekends, is two lanes wide and has long, straight stretches between traffic lights.

While the Bike Pike is still in the planning stages, the Southern Alleghenies Conservancy has found another eager user for the deserted highway -- the United States military, which sees the tunnels and long straight stretches as fine places for training.

But the Yukon is happiest on long, straight stretches of interstate.