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.
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Avoid the first step on a bad path.
—Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
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Thank you for paving a path to peace.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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Talk about the path that got you there.
—Samantha Barry, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
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What comes next on the path to end the war?
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
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But its path won’t get any smoother from here.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
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Sant’Albano is a big fan of this path.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026
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That was a lot of time spent to make a path to nowhere.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
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The path forward is mapped out.
—Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
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But that path was full of roadblocks.
—Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
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Back then, the path to the moon was more or less a straight line.
—David W. Brown, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
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But the bill has no clear path forward.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
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But the path to replace him is not easy.
—Elizabeth Piper, USA Today, 7 May 2026
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Because life isn't a straight path.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Feb. 2026
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But this time, its path appeared to zig-zag.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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So how do Gary and Teri cross paths?
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
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For many students, that’s the best path.
—Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
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But the path to that six-figure salary isn’t easy.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
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Here's where their post-show paths have taken them.
—Madeline Boardman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Sep. 2025
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At first glance, those paths may not have much in common.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 14 May 2026
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The peak wind gust, path width and length are all unknown.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
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The beach path has been closed at that point since the landslide.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026
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Take it slower and stomp a path through new snow or ski on a frozen pond.
—Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 7 Jan. 2026
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Its path to the moon looks a lot like Apollo’s.
—David W. Brown, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
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