How to Use side road in a Sentence

side road

noun
  • We like driving on side roads when we travel.
  • But the strikers told us what roads were closed and how to get on side roads.
    latimes.com, 17 June 2018
  • The bus overturned and fell down a side road 66 feet below the highway.
    Fox News, 25 Aug. 2018
  • Drive up that disused side road and see if there’s somewhere good to stay.
    Aaron Gulley, Outside Online, 29 June 2018
  • Open fields and side roads will need to be cleared of the lethal explosives for any chance of success.
    BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
  • Along the way, your car is prepped in the garage for an eventual side-by-side road race through the mountains.
    Rich Exner, cleveland, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Allow extra time for your trip on detour routes and on side roads in the area.
    oregonlive.com, 31 July 2019
  • One of the keepers of that history can be found in a vast courtyard off a side road.
    Riazat Butt, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Nov. 2022
  • One cast a warm, yellowish-white color across the sleepy side road.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
  • And the good vibes carry beyond Old San Juan, down an open highway west of the city, along side roads lined with palms.
    David Jefferys, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Nov. 2018
  • Turn down a random side road and enjoy the rugged, vast serenity of the desert landscapes.
    Alicia Erickson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The Byrds don’t live on the Marble property, but instead, in the nicest house of them all up one of those side roads Rowe told us to stay away from.
    Leah Sottile, Longreads, 20 July 2019
  • A few days later, Tokar and a friend sneaked past the Russians along a side road and rescued his family.
    Sudarsan Raghavan, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Barrera is avoiding driving on main avenues today, and took the side roads to get to work.
    latimes.com, 14 July 2019
  • Ford took the video Monday afternoon on a side road off Badger Rd.
    Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Drivers can exit at Wilsonville and take Stafford Road north to Ellingsen to rejoin the freeway or some of the side roads that border the freeway.
    oregonlive, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Rapozo said visitors should stick to the highway and avoid side roads, where tourists are likely to get in the way of repair crews.
    Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2018
  • These guys are the ones who are sort of being left on the side road of the information superhighway.
    Sarah Jones, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2018
  • From a side road, a truck driver begins to cross U.S. 441, slowing but failing to fully stop at a stop sign.
    Irfan Uraizee, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The reporter turned down a side road as water and debris smashed into the side of the vehicle, pushing it off course.
    Jake Maxwell Watts, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2018
  • The map is fairly clear and easy to operate — although the main roads can far bolder than side roads — and tuning is not bad.
    Scott Sturgis, Philly.com, 5 Mar. 2018
  • And things get weirder still when Taba suddenly drives onto a side road, stops the car, gets out and walks into the desert.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 June 2022
  • Soldiers rerouted us onto a side road through the mountains, jammed with traffic for six miles, we were told.
    Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Staffers are transported to the camp from motels near the El Paso airport, where the tour buses take pains to park on side roads, far from view.
    Garance Burke and Martha Mendoza, The Seattle Times, 28 Nov. 2018
  • On a recent tour, he was confronted by dozens of armed guards on the side road to Area 51's popular main gate, causing him to turn back.
    Fox News, 19 Sep. 2019
  • The journey to a place of understanding would be one of side roads and unexpected turns.
    Hazlitt, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Video of a truck carrying tourists along a cliff side road in Nepal that’s engulfed in a waterfall has gone viral on YouTube.
    Fox News, 26 Apr. 2018
  • From a small side road, observers can view extensive rows of chicken cages that are patrolled by at least two large dogs.
    Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Grace Ridge Brewing relocated earlier this year to an area tucked away on a side road above the highway that takes tourists to the Spit.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2022
  • Watch out for icy spots overnight, especially on side roads in colder areas west of the Beltway, where an inch or more of snow fell.
    Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2020

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