: the strip of land along a road : the side of a road
roadside
adjective
Examples of roadside in a Sentence
a hamburger stand on the roadside
Recent Examples on the Web
Night eventually falls, and the two of them decide to take Bobby’s body to this culvert, which is sort of like a tunnel that water goes through by a roadside or something.
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Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
Patches of grass at an empty roadside mark the place where 40-year-old Terence Crutcher was killed by a police officer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2016.
—Suyin Haynes, CNN, 15 June 2024
In the northern part of the city, relatively untouched by fighting, children played soccer by the roadside and shoppers picked up items from grocery stores.
—Declan Walsh, New York Times, 14 June 2024
The group employed roadside bombs, suicide bombings and other attacks, including on the Indian and U.S. embassies, the Afghan presidency and other major targets.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune Asia, 5 June 2024
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Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
Patches of grass at an empty roadside mark the place where 40-year-old Terence Crutcher was killed by a police officer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2016.
—Suyin Haynes, CNN, 15 June 2024
In the northern part of the city, relatively untouched by fighting, children played soccer by the roadside and shoppers picked up items from grocery stores.
—Declan Walsh, New York Times, 14 June 2024
The group employed roadside bombs, suicide bombings and other attacks, including on the Indian and U.S. embassies, the Afghan presidency and other major targets.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune Asia, 5 June 2024
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“Roadside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadside. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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