garden path
Example Sentences
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When she saw a union representative walking solemnly up the garden path, she knew the worst had happened.
From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024
I love being hoodwinked, led up the garden path, dazzled by red herrings and then awed into submission by an ingenious finale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
He paid a company to erect a raised, square, demountable studio at the end of a garden path.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2022
Potted mums look stunning hanging from a porch hook or lining a garden path.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
Cruelty to punctuation is quite unlegislated: you can get away with pulling the legs off semicolons; shrivelling question marks on the garden path under a powerful magnifying glass; you name it.
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
