dirt road

noun

: a road with a hard dirt surface : an unpaved road

Examples of dirt road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The dirt road has a couple of rough spots but is usually accessible to sedans. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024 Alex Herbig Upon arrival, after driving from the main road up a precipitously steep dirt road, Nico appears in front of you as a striking, one-of-a-kind building. Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2023 The earth along the dirt road was blackened, burned not by Janjaweed but by Masalit farmers hoping to keep Arab nomads away. Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2021 But the stretch of dirt road leading to the village of Guit, 15 miles from the state capital of Bentiu, bordering Sudan, looks like the closest thing to a frontline. Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2015 See all Example Sentences for dirt road 

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“Dirt road.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirt%20road. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.

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