How to Use dirt road in a Sentence

dirt road

noun
  • There was this long dirt road, and a shack that looked deserted.
    — WSJ, 18 Feb. 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
  • My father proved that on a dirt road in 1976.
    — Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
  • She got turned around on the dirt road, and drove too close to Bois Cotlette.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Visitors to the beach take a dirt road and descend a rocky path.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
  • It was reached by a dirt road and was by all accounts a magical place.
    — Michael Roberts, Outside Online, 2 July 2024
  • Walk up the dirt road and look for sheep on the surrounding hillsides.
    — Mindy Sink, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Dan drove Payton to a remote dirt road where the car got stuck in mud.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The footage begins showing two big moose clashing antlers on a small dirt road.
    — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 30 Nov. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • All along the dirt road, Steele points to hillsides teeming with new poplar trees.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • But right as the words left Trotter’s mouth, the man bolted down a dirt road.
    — Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Stiles, nimble in mind but not in body, must park on the treacherous dirt road and hike to his home.
    — Damian Panetta, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 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 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
  • About halfway down the driveway, a dirt road branches off to the west along the lagoon to the ocean.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • James was born in 1938 and grew up on Shoe Lane, then a dirt road.
    — Brandi Kellam, ProPublica, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The pilot decided to put the plane down on a dirt road in the nearby orange grove.
    — Sahana Jayaraman, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 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
  • The second half of the hike largely comprised of walking on a dirt road under the sun.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • While they were headed to the scene, the suspect tried to drive away on a dirt road, but his vehicle got stuck.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
  • Photos show the Bronco tipped sideways into a ditch at the edge of the dirt road.
    — Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
  • Cantrell found that there existed a narrow dirt road leading to the country club.
    — Arkansas Online, 27 June 2026
  • Carroll yells to residents, before running down the dirt road along the line of cars.
    — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
  • There are several paved entrances as well as a handful of dirt road entrances.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Kent just came back inside after digging trenches along the side of our dirt road in the pouring rain.
    — Chi Varnado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025

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