How to Use terminus in a Sentence

terminus

noun

• Stockholm is the terminus for the southbound train.
• Geologists took samples from the terminus of the glacier.
• The flow of water in a stream near the terminus of the Laohugou No.
  — Reuters, CNN, 9 Nov. 2020
• At the terminus of the two wings is a wet bar and tasting area.
  — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 24 June 2022
• No land sat lower than this basin, the terminus of the Tule, Kaweah, Kings and Kern rivers.
  — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
• Drop your bag then hop back on the #8 train for the 20-minute ride over the German border to the terminus at Weil am Rhein.
  — Ryan Haase, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2022
• Of course, the pipeline years, when Valdez became the terminus of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, had a role in that.
  — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Oct. 2021
• There's way more to this area than just the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.
  — Brian Kevin, Outside Online, 18 June 2020
• Shenzhen is home to some of the world’s largest ports and is a major terminus in trade between the U.S. and China.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2022
• Beatriz Muñoz, 38, cleaned trains for six months last year at the terminus of the Q line at 96th Street in Manhattan.
  — New York Times, 26 Mar. 2021
• An icy chute ten feet deep sits slightly downhill, at a precipice high above the glacier’s terminus.
  — Anna Canny, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
• Cedar Key was once the terminus of Florida’s cross-state railroad and a busy port city.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 31 Aug. 2023
• The southern terminus is on the outskirts of Cincinnati.
  — John Pana, cleveland, 4 Apr. 2022
• The Summit Trailhead, located on the side of Oregon 6, is the southern terminus of the trail.
  — oregonlive, 14 Oct. 2020
• At the eastern terminus, there are three switchbacks that take riders up the Huffman Dam for a great view.
  — John Pana, cleveland, 4 Apr. 2022
• Now, there could be a kind of justice in that power reaching its terminus.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2022
• Now the district is home to new hotels, restaurants, outdoor concerts and skating rinks built to echo the old terminus of the Erie Canal.
  — WSJ, 21 Oct. 2021
• The terminus is a boardwalk that offers bird-watching near a bay—look for pink flamingos.
  — Jonathan Olivier, Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2022
• The military controls most of the route to the strategic town of Port Sudan on the Red Sea, home to an oil pipeline terminus, port and airport.
  — Hafiz Haroun, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023
• The parking garage at the Ashburn station, the line’s western terminus, swells with cars on the busiest mornings as commuters drive in from points west.
  — Justin George, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2023
• The trail will be closed from the Templeton Trail junction to the upper terminus, as well as areas 200 feet in any direction of the trail.
  — Kye Graves, The Arizona Republic, 28 Jan. 2023
• Two recent studies reported in the media focus on the terminus of glaciers—i.e., where the ice, the ocean and the ground come together.
  — Steven Koonin, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
• About 30 people waited for the commuter rail on a platform at the northern terminus for the Orange Line.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022
• Connecting the lake and the Mount Washington terminus would complete the job.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 3 Oct. 2022
• Excited chatter returned to a dim sum shop at the high-speed rail terminus.
  — Kanis Leung and Zen Soo, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Apr. 2023
• The outdoorsy college town of Durango marks the southern terminus of this road trip.
  — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 30 Apr. 2022
• In 2021, a five-year-old named Harvey Sutton reached the AT’s northern terminus, forsaking the first two weeks of kindergarten to do so.
  — Outside Online, 13 June 2022
• The last few miles to the quayside terminus are unforgettable.
  — Ben Jones, CNN, 1 Feb. 2023
• McMinnville, found just past the southern terminus of the highway, has far too many restaurants, parks and attractions to list here.
  — oregonlive, 15 Mar. 2022
• Atlantic terminus next to Fort Clinch State Park with triumphant smiles and a crowd of supporters waiting to greet them.
  — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024