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
In a separate video posted to YouTube, a surveillance camera at the top of the stairs shows the car approach the end of the dead-end street and plow through a railing without slowing down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
Skeptics, on the other hand, are more likely to see it as a dead-end street.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
Their home is a sprawling compound down a dingy dead-end street in Voluntari, a town next to Bucharest that is dotted with shiny new office towers and derelict empty lots.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
The doors closed, and I roared off, driving for several hundred feet before I realized I was headed down a dead-end street.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
