How to Use unpaved in a Sentence

unpaved

adjective
  • Many of the roads in that area are still unpaved.
    — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 6 May 2026
  • The smell of sewage wafts over unpaved streets choked with plastic trash.
    — Benjamin Preston, Fortune, 24 July 2017
  • The only way to drive to and from the playa is on a stretch of unpaved road.
    — Alden Wicker, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Be prepared to hike on two miles of unpaved, sugar sand trails.
    — orlandosentinel.com, 23 Feb. 2022
  • In those days, the unpaved road was graded soon after snowmelt.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 22 May 2020
  • Cyclists will find a network of paved and unpaved trails in and around the city.
    — David Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2021
  • Our house, in its early days, had been far up an unpaved road in forest.
    — John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Here’s how to ride the best of Maine’s unpaved paths yourself.
    — Zand B. Martin, Outside, 11 Nov. 2025
  • No axle can have more than five tons on unpaved roads, or more than 10 tons on paved roads.
    — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
  • More than four-fifths of the reservation's roads are unpaved.
    — Felicia Fonseca, ajc, 2 July 2021
  • The scenic unpaved trails wind through the grove and up and down steep slopes for roughly 3 miles.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2022
  • In the park, there are paved and unpaved walking trails and an off-road cycling trail.
    — Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • On the rocky, unpaved roads, women float by in blue burqas that cover them from head to toe.
    — Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Here, for decades, the streets went unpaved, and the streetcars and buses didn’t run.
    — Robert Wilonsky, Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2020
  • The street was unpaved and subject to blowing and moving sand.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2023
  • My driver detoured onto an unpaved track and our progress slowed.
    — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The driver let me out at the foot of an unpaved lane bordered by trees, their crowns black and still as stone.
    — Kathryn Davis, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022
  • These are lightweight and designed to keep you stable on unpaved paths.
    — Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 22 June 2026
  • The road was 25 years old by then, unpaved and often closed in winter.
    — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2022
  • The property, which is reached by an unpaved road, is landscaped with fruit and nut trees.
    — Kevin Brass, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Grafton is tricky to find — there are few signs pointing the way — and a portion of the ride is on unpaved roads.
    — Dan Fellner, The Arizona Republic, 5 May 2021
  • Survivors had to fight their way out in a blizzard across 78 miles of unpaved roads.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • On Thursday, a years-long quest for a trek through unpaved nature will come to fruition.
    — Kevin Spear, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 Jan. 2018
  • The old road to Taito was a bit of a nightmare, unpaved and strewn with rocks and potholes.
    — Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Spanning about 47 miles, this is multi-use trail, both paved and unpaved.
    — Amy Aumick, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 May 2018
  • All paved and unpaved roads in Arches are open for bicycles and e-bikes.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Streets were unpaved, and in many yards, the only source of water was a single spigot.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Mar. 2020
  • About 100 yards past a red house on the left, turn left into the unpaved parking lot.
    — Courant Community, 20 Mar. 2018
  • On an unpaved surface, the wheels could have sunk into the ground and risked flipping the aircraft.
    — Alex Davies, WIRED, 16 Aug. 2019
  • In Africa, there are many unpaved roads that tend to cause delays in the transportation of goods.
    — Japan News-Yomiuri, Twin Cities, 22 Aug. 2019

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