How to Use main/major road in a Sentence

main/major road

noun
  • There is a path through the area that leads to the main road.
    Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Drive the park’s main road and then choose one of many hikes.
    Jenna Blough, Outside Online, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Alper, 25, jumped into her car and raced to the main road.
    Isabel Debre, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
  • SUVs caused a traffic jam on the main road to the hall.
    Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The Post set up cameras along the main road to capture it.
    Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 11 June 2024
  • With the main road blocked to the school, Clark parked and ran with other parents.
    Jeff Amy, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The truck zigzagged through side streets for two hours to avoid Israeli tanks on the main road south.
    Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Yes, the park’s main road spans 28 miles and takes about an hour to travel by car.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
  • From the main road to the gate, things got ugly, with 30 minute to an hour waits to get into the ranch.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The drive can be slow, even on this main road to Lake Shkodër on the Kosovan border.
    Stephanie Rafanelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2023
  • That is the main road leading people to the city’s beaches.
    al, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Over an hour later a plane met Wilson on the main road.
    Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Dimes were scattered across the parking lot and the main road nearby.
    Sara Smart, CNN, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Others who made it to their cars in time were able to get on the main road and start driving east.
    NBC news, 14 Oct. 2023
  • In Plains, the tiny Georgia town where Mr. Carter’s house was just off the main road, his death was the cause of deep sadness.
    Rick Rojas, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Traffic has been diverted from the road, the main road in the village.
    Jenny Gross, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Sometimes, the main road to the park closes so the military can test.
    Geoffrey Morrison, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • In a full circle, the river again reached the fort, filling up the nearby main road.
    Karishma Mehrotra, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
  • To the right of the main road, campers ages 13 to 16 have pitched tents and are prepping dinner to enjoy outside.
    Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2023
  • At first, Phoenix was just one mile long, a half-mile wide, and had Washington Street as the main road.
    Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2024
  • The floodwater washed out a main road leading up to the vineyard.
    Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Those with less robust cars can park in dirt turnouts and walk the road to the trailhead, veering left at the 0.4-mile point to stay on the main road.
    Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The main road to Lahaina continues to be closed down to tourists on Thursday.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
  • When the vehicle stopped to turn onto the main road, her mirth vanished.
    Nnedi Okorafor, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Farnie’s and neighboring homes sit lower than the main road.
    Kate Robins, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2024
  • But a strike on the main road between Khan Younis and Rafah stopped most movement between the two cities.
    Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Mahmoud Issa, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
  • But the area of the derailment still looked like a large cleanup site this month, with truck traffic jamming a main road.
    Peter Eavis, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Whiteley sometimes cut north through the creek bed to hitchhike on the main road nearby, Spruill said.
    Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Earlier in the year, the IDF had bulldozed the main road to the camp, along with much of its water and sewage infrastructure.
    Ben Ehrenreich, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Early on, the Jeffersonville, Ga., native fell off a cliff and wasn’t able to return to the main road because of a recent avalanche.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 21 May 2025

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