beaten track

Example Sentences

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Jay Curtis is used to getting off the beaten track and exploring unusual sights with his drone - but even he was surprised to spot a 24-metre ship grounded off the west Wales coast.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

It is also a lever for encouraging tourism into an area far off the beaten track.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

The moral: Whenever possible, get off the beaten track.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2024

It is off the beaten track for most Palestinians, and far from Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority, the body created in the 1990s that exercises limited self-rule over parts of the West Bank.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2023

The entire band had been clamouring for years for something fresh, "off the beaten track," and this is how they received it when they got it!

From Oscar Wilde by Ingleby, Leonard Cresswell