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.
  • At the terminus of the two wings is a wet bar and tasting area.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 24 June 2022
  • There’s a guard at a gatehouse, the sole access point, at the terminus of a dead-end road.
    — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 27 Dec. 2018
  • 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
  • The flow of water in a stream near the terminus of the Laohugou No.
    — Reuters, CNN, 9 Nov. 2020
  • The park is also home to the eastern terminus of the Ice Age Trail.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2017
  • The pace slowed for a while when the parade reached its terminus outside the historic Trocadero.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
  • The western terminus of the southwestern border is home to the world’s busiest land crossing.
    — Daniel Wheaton, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The glacier itself is gigantic — about 26 miles long and 4 miles wide at its terminus.
    — Laurel Andrews, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2017
  • Cedar Key was once the terminus of Florida’s cross-state railroad and a busy port city.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 31 Aug. 2023
  • But at its southern terminus, that impression begins to shift.
    — Josh Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • There's way more to this area than just the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.
    — Brian Kevin, Outside Online, 18 June 2020
  • The main entrance remains open at the northern terminus of State Rt.
    — James Ewinger, cleveland.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • At a stop near the streetcar terminus, Deborah Williamson waits for her bus home, a one-hour ride.
    — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 May 2017
  • On the ground, the Colorado doesn't always make it to the Sea of Cortez, once its terminus.
    — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2024
  • On the map, Fort Adams lay at the terminus of the road, which soon left the town behind and entered thick forest.
    — Peter Kujawinski, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • The project would add nine stations, plus a terminus station at the Hollywood Bowl.
    — National Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The city was the historic terminus for jingling, snorting camel trains on trade routes later dubbed the Silk Road.
    — The Economist, 6 June 2019
  • Panipat is a terminus for fast fashion –– the modern trend that sees people buying more clothes but wearing them for less time.
    — Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
  • Its main north-south street, Broadway, has its north terminus at the colossal lakefront Gary Works.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Once the bridge is opened, a lone gap will remain farther to the west and near the path’s current eastern terminus at Kings Road.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 9 Aug. 2019
  • One day, at the Flushing subway terminus, a friend of Schifter’s saw 30 cabs waiting on fares.
    — Jessica Pressler, Daily Intelligencer, 15 May 2018
  • Back then, the journey to the terminus was 10 to 15 kilometers by foot through steep, rocky terrain.
    — The Atlantic, 6 June 2018
  • The town is the terminus of the Rauma Railway, one of Norway’s most scenic train journeys.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • The station is the northern terminus for the line and, according to amNewYork, the train had just pulled in to its last stop.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
  • So the action moved down the line to Martinsburg, the terminus of that B&O section.
    — Fredrick Kunkle, chicagotribune.com, 3 Sep. 2017
  • The trail will go through the park and then eventually connect to Pine Point Park, the current terminus of the trail.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 20 Sep. 2025

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