Example Sentences

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We tried several promising paths, but they all dead-ended within meters.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2020

He followed a trail left by the missing climbers that dead-ended in an avalanche, and sounded an alert.

From Washington Times • Jun. 6, 2019

Imagine walking through a maze, for years and years, to find that your path has dead-ended near the exit.

From The Guardian • Dec. 19, 2017

I tried to tiptoe away without notice, but the road dead-ended.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2015

Four houses beyond us you’d run into St. James, where Church Street dead-ended at Barton.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson