How to Use pothole in a Sentence

pothole

noun

• Want to take the city to task for potholes in your street?
  — Sam Rosenstiel, Cincinnati.com, 12 Apr. 2018
• This kept the McLaren out of most of the pothole pockets.
  — Scott Sturgis, Philly.com, 7 June 2018
• The car has springs, to isolate your tush from the bumps and potholes on the road.
  — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2023
• The bus lurched and swerved around crater-size potholes.
  — USA Today, 22 Aug. 2019
• Sereno's young pothole was far from the worst he's seen.
  — Scottie Andrew and Brian Ries, CNN, 1 July 2019
• The road to owning a new-to-you car can be fraught with potholes.
  — Robert Duffer, USA TODAY, 15 July 2019
• And as the year comes to a close, winter carries with it the prospect of more potholes.
  — Chris Sikich, Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2019
• The cul-de-sac was cracked and pitted, and filthy water pooled in the potholes.
  — J. Robert Lennon, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019
• As the old saying goes, there is no red or blue way to fix a pothole.
  — Star Tribune, 6 Aug. 2020
• If a wheel catches the pothole, the steering wheel will be forced to veer to the right, due to the road incline.
  — John Thompson, ajc, 25 Apr. 2020
• If those pothole fillers dawdle, that may be the best bet for a smooth ride.
  — Jack Stewart, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2018
• But between us and Point lay a long stretch of small potholes.
  — Tom Hinman, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2024
• The suit also says there should have been cones or ropes warning of the pothole.
  — David Garrick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Apr. 2018
• The Wolverine State will now have a lot more money to fill those potholes.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 10 June 2018
• But, his early cruise hit a pothole with one out in the fourth inning.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2021
• Some potholes were there for so long and were so large that the family would name them.
  — Haeven Gibbons, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
• Nor was the chunk taken out of the sidewall of the right-rear tire from a driver hitting a pothole.
  — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 30 Mar. 2020
• Cracks and potholes will be paved over on the three 11-foot-wide lanes in each direction.
  — Wayne K. Roustan, Sun-Sentinel.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• The highway is in its best shape in years -- no rain equals no potholes – but that does not mean no flat tires.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2019
• Always sneak up on a pothole from the upwind side—that is, with the wind behind you.
  — Field & Stream, 20 Nov. 2020
• The few paved roads that run through the region are cratered with potholes as deep as small swimming pools.
  — Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Mar. 2018
• In the past month, at least two potholes have been spray-painted with penises.
  — Anna Beahm | [e-mail], al.com, 24 June 2019
• Check out which states had the most and least pothole complaints below.
  — al, 18 Feb. 2022
• On the other hand, given the city’s challenges with potholes and the homeless, maybe not.
  — Phil Matier, SFChronicle.com, 11 Aug. 2019
• That means that the channels likely pre-date the impact event, just as a street pre-dates a pothole.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2018
• She was thrown from a vehicle that hit a large pothole, and her head was run over.
  — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2022
• Be warned: The road heading to Godafoss can be quite rocky and full of potholes, so equip yourself with four-wheel drive.
  — Erika Owen, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2019
• The worker is a neighbor who was repairing a pothole in the road.
  — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 26 July 2021
• The ground was now full of enormous potholes covered by thin layers of singed plants.
  — Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2024
• The city's streets are riddled with potholes thanks to years of underfunding and neglect.
  — Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024