Definition of rush hour in US English:
rush hour
nounˈrəSH ˌou(ə)rˈrəʃ ˌaʊ(ə)r
A time during each day when traffic is at its heaviest.
try to avoid traveling in the rush hour
as modifier rush hour traffic
Example sentencesExamples
- Dying would have been far more enjoyable than negotiating rush hour traffic whilst in a bizarre trance of denial.
- Thousands of people joined protests that caused chaos from the morning rush hour right through the evening.
- The weather was clear and the morning rush hour traffic had already built up and was inching along.
- He has found it the ideal way to get around during the festive period as he can miss the Christmas rush hour traffic.
- As the rush hour reached its peak this morning, traffic slowed to a crawl.
- The Friday rush hour traffic wound its way slowly out of Glasgow city centre and up onto the Erskine bridge.
- At rush hour, I never expect the traffic be good, especially when it is combined with a Friday.
- He looked out the window, the rush hour traffic had virtually stopped now.
- Because firefighters had to close one lane of Halifax Road for more than seven hours there were huge rush hour traffic jams.
- Anyone who has driven through the rush hour traffic on the back of Bangkok motorbike taxi will know what I mean.
- Morning rush hour traffic was murderous at the best of times, and with something like this going on it was not moving at all.
- Vehicles piled up during rush hour traffic at the Bommanahalli junction on Hosur Road.
- He could not stop in the rush hour traffic and worried about her for the rest of the day.
- However, traffic was moving extremely slowly during the rush hour period.
- More cars were added to cope with rush hour traffic and the extra passengers generated by football games and race days.
- She soothes herself and looks out of the window at the rush hour traffic beneath her.
- Last night police were forced to cordon off nearby roads and reroute rush hour traffic as toxic fumes poured into the sky.
- Average speed of rush hour traffic is now down to a crawl of three miles per hour and experts warn it is set to get worse.
- Because of the police diversion there were huge hold-ups with rush hour traffic along Whitworth Road.
- In Canterbury there are a number of roads that are desperately needed to unclog the rush hour traffic.