How to Use path in a Sentence

path

noun
  • The path led down the hill.
  • He tried to leave but one of the guards blocked his path.
  • The cars moved aside to clear a path for the ambulance.
  • We followed a winding path through the woods.
  • The car skidded into the path of an oncoming truck.
  • The fire destroyed everything in its path.
  • They are heading down a dangerous path that could lead to war.
  • And learning to create stuff just for the joy of it is the surest path to a great career.
    IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2023
  • This can be an ideal path to see fall foliage at the right time of year.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2023
  • On the trail, flowers and photographs line the path where Morin took her last steps.
    Maria Morales, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Their expert advice should put you on the path to brighter (heh) days ahead.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Prather ended up taking home the win, and the six helped set the show on a right path moving forward.
    Sharon Tharp, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
  • Sure, the Huskies will have to spend top dollar to keep DeBoer, but the path to 14-0 was hardly lined with gold.
    Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2024
  • But the 33-year-old’s timeline and the Hornets’ paths are crisscrossing.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The paths to the summit are becoming longer, as climbers have to go around risky cracks and fissures.
    Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Its movements placed it in the path of the descending Japan Airlines Flight 516.
    River Davis, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, those two kept the team on the straight path.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2023
  • With about half a mile to go in the 1 ½-mile race, Arcangelo tucked to the rail and had a clear path at the leader and snuck past him on the inside.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2023
  • There was no pattern to the deaths, and there was no single path toward safety.
    Joshua Partlow, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2023
  • On occasion, wind will push the drone slightly off its planned path.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2023
  • Repairing a gravel path is easy once you get rid of weeds.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The schools, every one of them that had the opportunity, took the path to the biggest pile of money in front of them.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Houlton, Maine, the final U.S. city in the eclipse's path, spent the last two years planning the city's festivities.
    Mansee Khurana, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
  • If you can get killed on a bike path in Castleton, Vermont, you can get killed anywhere.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Follow their lead and take the paths en route from Back Bay to Beacon Hill.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2026
  • With the Spurs up by a point, Hart came away with an errant pass by Fox and had a clear path to the basket.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
  • Together, the two men battle the forces of evil, each other, and their own demons on the path to salvation.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 June 2026
  • His save deflected right into the path of Watkins who headed it home.
    Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2026
  • Anunoby — with nobody in his path — sprints from the out-of-bounds spot into the lane, just in case.
    ABC News, 11 June 2026
  • Cities in the path include Coffey and McFall.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026

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