Example Sentences
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The street is bisected by a single cross-street and is dead-ended on both sides.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 19, 2021
We tried several promising paths, but they all dead-ended within meters.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2020
Early inquiries with foreign studios dead-ended in a thicket of legal fears and uncertainty over who — if anyone — possessed the missing material.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2018
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
The alley dead-ended against a sheer brick wall.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
