leading nowhere
Example Sentences
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Unless we start talking to one another, that road seems to be leading nowhere good.
From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025
The days of being told you just need a spot on “The Tonight Show” are gone, and with myriad platforms, there appear to be many roads, most leading nowhere.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2023
"The issue of jail informants in the Wozniak case, in the court's view, is a dead-end road leading nowhere," Conley said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2016
Where once sat antebellum mansions now sit clipped green lawns with magnolia trees and moss-draped live oaks, concrete slab foundations and grand brick steps leading nowhere.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2015
They had dug another hole, most likely, she thought, just a dummy, leading nowhere.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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