Used in a Sentence

congested

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for congested.

Editorial note

In my experience it works great even in very congested airspace such as when circling in a thermal.

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Quick take

overcrowded

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of congested gathered in one view.

adjective

overcrowded

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for congested.

Example sentences

1

In my experience it works great even in very congested airspace such as when circling in a thermal.

2

Once auto traffic congested roads, streetcars became much slower, and they weren't able to change lanes to get around an obstruction.

3

All these trains are generally congested as hell at peak (and increasingly off peak).

4

From iMessages, to FB Messenger, to Whats App, and smaller players like Kik, it seems like a congested market.

5

The places where New Yorkers own cars are also not the places that are congested with non-personal vehicles (except densely populated parts of Queens).

6

Uber is totally disrupting the way people travel within congested cities.

7

Has T-Mobile provided any evidence that their network is actually congested?

8

Why don't we treat automobile traffic and congested roadways as damage and route around it?

9

Add to that all the approvals of laying one down in that heavily congested land ownership corridor vs the roads that are already in place.

10

A classic example would be if a road is severely congested, and satnavs started advising drivers to take an alternative, smaller road, if too many people get the same advice that road will then end up even more congested and delay the people who followed the advice to change routes even more.

11

We don't have the capacity for that outside of rural areas and as more areas become congested with car traffic, the less polite people will be.

12

Anyone touting ADS-B as a realistic solution for avoiding mid-air drone collisions in congested areas is severely naive in my opinion, at least based on current technology.

Quote examples

1

Perhaps a "green" tower that accommodates 800 apartments and thousands of offices and other businesses is the way to go; occupies a small physical footprint but delivers a huge amount of useful space in a country where cities are already congested and space is at a premium.

2

What you call "nutty" I call "a dial-up Internet connection" or "a congested network due to streaming content or large downloads." If Win10 only did this while the entire network is guaranteed to be idle, and if it can guarantee it is on a landline DSL or better connection whose usage isn't tracked, then it would be okay.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use congested in a sentence?

In my experience it works great even in very congested airspace such as when circling in a thermal.

What does congested mean?

overcrowded

What part of speech is congested?

congested is commonly used as adjective.