dead-end street

Example Sentences

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But it is true that bad boys can be exhilarating until they crash and burn—like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

When Ms. Inglés used to tell people where she lived — on a dead-end street in Las Margaritas — they would gasp.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2023

It was a dead-end street, near the outskirts of town; modest ranch houses and manicured lawns, surrounded by scrubby grasslands, junk cars and railroad tracks.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2023

On a chilly night near downtown Los Angeles, a car maneuvers down a dark dead-end street.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2023

Sophia takes us to a dead-end street with five houses splayed around a circle.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz