cul-de-sac
noun
a street, lane, etc., closed at one end; blind alley; dead-end street.
cul-de-sacs
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pluralof cul-de-sac.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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With its shopping centers and cul-de-sacs carved into Joshua tree woodlands, Yucca Valley is probably the developed community most profoundly affected by the conservation law, said town manager Curtis Yakimow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2025
Your relative might lose his train of thought; another person’s relative might get stuck in verbal cul-de-sacs of nonsense.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2024
Mr. Biden spoke quickly and precisely, without entering the verbal cul-de-sacs endemic to many of his presidential speeches 28 years later.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
Craving company, we stood on lawns, sidewalks and cul-de-sacs to check in with each other.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
The sky was turning the color of a fresh bruise as we pulled into my grandfather’s subdivision, a bewildering labyrinth of interlocking cul-de-sacs known collectively as Circle Village.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
