How to Use the end of the road in a Sentence

the end of the road

noun phrase
  • That's the end of the road for them.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The Warrens have reached the end of the road.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • That was pretty much the end of the road for Michael.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026
  • However, for some this will be the end of the road.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 May 2026
  • Take a boat tour that gets you beside the wave, and past the end of the road.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 July 2024
  • This version of Godzilla may have reached the end of the road.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The Rangers could get Josh Jung back by the end of the road trip.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • For patients on Tuesday’s flight, this is not the end of the road.
    — Hala Gorani, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • However, that's not the end of the road for the legendary tag team.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Much of the cast has been together for a decade, and this is the end of the road for many of them.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Take a drive to the end of the road, and discover the many special places along the way.
    — Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Red and rusty, the reliable car has now come to the end of the road, Bragg added.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Now that the bill has passed, TikTok has said, this is not the end of the road.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
  • But for a growing number of women, 50 is not the end of the road.
    — Melissa Houston, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
  • And with steep interest rates and a high cost of living, the end of the road with debt can seem far away.
    — Nerdwallet, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The Pagani Zonda may have reached the end of the road—once and for all.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2024
  • For most players, nearly two years away from the majors would signal the end of the road.
    — Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • Here's a roundup of models that are hitting the end of the road in 2025.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Want to stay at the end of the road in Louisiana’s Venice?
    — Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
  • The trial wouldn’t be the end of the road for the House litigation.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Santa Monica is the end of the road, but not the journey.
    — Noel Brennan, CBS News, 22 May 2026
  • Escalate If your appeal is denied, that’s still not the end of the road.
    — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 6 Sep. 2024
  • For Gustafson, this wasn’t the end of the road but the beginning of reinvention.
    — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • At the end of the road, some people hitch a ride up Highway 101 back to their car.
    — Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The caravan came to the end of the road, at another clearing with more markers.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Sometimes, the end of the road is a more spectacular event known as a kilonova.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2025
  • In this reading, midlife is not the end of the road but women’s acceleration phase.
    — Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Even back then Jason was set on season 3 being the end of the road from Ted and the gang.
    — Rebecca Norris, Country Living, 1 June 2023
  • Last season looked like the end of the road for Gallen and Kelly in Arizona.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • One of South Florida’s signature events has reached the end of the road this year.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 8 June 2026

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