dead-end street

Example Sentences

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The home, on a dead end street west of the Rose Bowl, was significantly damaged, Derderian said, but neighboring properties were not harmed.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2025

The address on Wyatt's death certificate places him at #2 Smith Court on Beacon Hill, a brick building adjacent to the storied African Meeting House on that narrow dead end street.

From Scientific American • Nov. 2, 2023

Instead, Moses starts the engine and speeds away, leading to a brief vehicle pursuit that ends when he drives down a dead end street.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2023

He received tickets for having to make a U turn at a dead end street.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2018

After making my way down a pot-holed dead end street about an hour outside of Portland, Oregon, I assume it’s the wrong address.

From The Guardian • May 25, 2016