dead end
noun
something, as a street or water pipe, that has no exit.
dead-ended
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past participleof dead-end.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof dead-end.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
dead endnounsomething, as a street or water pipe, that has no exit.
Example Sentences
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In Gum Springs, Cox said, her family found a vibrant Black community where the streets dead-ended and residents walked to school or stores, meeting and greeting neighbors along the way.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2021
The street dead-ended at some railroad tracks, beyond which flowed the St. Johns River.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2021
The college grad with a geology degree who found himself dead-ended in the oil and gas industry.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 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
Sometimes, as the strain on White intensified, as each promising lead dead-ended, he would take his rifle and disappear into the countryside.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
