How to Use dirt road in a Sentence
dirt road
noun-
Or the Giants can stay on the dirt road all the way to the end of the season.
— Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024 -
In 2016, a horse was found in pieces off a dirt road in the Homestead area.
— David Goodhue and, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2024 -
James was born in 1938 and grew up on Shoe Lane, then a dirt road.
— Brandi Kellam, ProPublica, 5 Sep. 2023 -
The homes and yards right next to that first dirt road, where the cars were trapped, are now scorched black.
— Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023 -
The first was to scan what looked like a car on Google Earth in a large pond on a dirt road.
— Callie Cassick, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2024 -
There is parking on Forest Road 707, on the north side of the main dirt road.
— Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2023 -
Piles of rubble lie along a dirt road amid gaunt trees.
— Constant Méheut, New York Times, 23 May 2024 -
At the end of a steep dirt road is a concrete hut used by many migrants over the years.
— Matt Rivers, ABC News, 31 July 2023 -
During the rainy season, the dirt road leading up to the new bridge fills with mud.
— Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2024 -
Keep in mind that Main Street remained a dirt road until the late 1920s.
— Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 9 Sep. 2023 -
Walk up the dirt road and look for sheep on the surrounding hillsides.
— Mindy Sink, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2024 -
Visitors to the beach take a dirt road and descend a rocky path.
— Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024 -
There was this long dirt road, and a shack that looked deserted.
— WSJ, 18 Feb. 2023 -
Her son, Juan Espinoza, walked through shin-deep water on the dirt road in front of their home.
— Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023 -
It was reached by a dirt road and was by all accounts a magical place.
— Michael Roberts, Outside Online, 2 July 2024 -
The swampy pool is not visible from the trail, but a nearby dirt road leads to its innards.
— Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2023 -
The footage begins showing two big moose clashing antlers on a small dirt road.
— Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 30 Nov. 2023 -
It was carted by mule and wagon along a dirt road that is now a four-lane highway.
— Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023 -
On the other side, beside a dirt road, a small wooden sign pointed the way to the Royal Teton Ranch.
— Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024 -
Aram walked toward a dirt road that climbed and threaded along a row of stone houses with tin and tarp roofs.
— Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023 -
The red dirt road, lined with tall oak trees, served as the main thoroughfare for stagecoaches in the early to mid-1800s.
— Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2023 -
One man took a dirt road uphill, climbing above the fire and watching as Lahaina burned.
— Rebecca Boone, Heather Hollingsworth, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2023 -
Carroll yells to residents, before running down the dirt road along the line of cars.
— Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023 -
This isn’t some old-timer’s tall tale: Lori Ford has been walking two miles down a dirt road, with snow past her knees, just to get to work this month.
— Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023 -
Once the roads leading to these complexes finish, the pavement ends and the dirt road begins.
— Chantal Flores, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023 -
Photos with the release on Facebook appear to show the vehicle stuck on a dirt road.
— Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 7 July 2024 -
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 -
Sections of the dirt road were closed because of the wet conditions, Nuanes said, and the sinkhole had opened up near a bridge across the canal, far from the signs closing the road.
— Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 28 June 2023 -
The dirt road from the coast into the mountains where the eco resort is located passed through their property.
— Nina Burleigh, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2024 -
First, apply online for a free reservation that’ll get you a gate code to open the private, six-mile-long dirt road that leads to the trailhead.
— Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 18 July 2024
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