dead end

Example Sentences

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Nanos has tried to dispel concerns that investigators are hitting nothing but dead ends, telling NBC News that “as long as we have the ability to chase a lead, it’s not cold.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Duvall’s aging face, a road map of dead ends and dry gulches, can accommodate rage or innocence or any ironic shade in between,” the film critic Richard Corliss wrote in Time magazine.

From The Wall Street Journal

The unusual case has seemingly hit a host of dead ends in recent days.

From Los Angeles Times

In an investigation with numerous dead ends, the footage was expected to be crucial in helping law enforcement move the case forward.

From Los Angeles Times

“I don’t know what to say, really. We hit a dead end. It sucks. I’ll probably never see my mom again. I don’t know.”

From Literature