How to Use road in a Sentence

road

noun

• We parked by the side of the road.
• He drove off the road.
• Miles of road lay ahead.
• We'll cross the road up ahead at the crosswalk.
• There are lots of cars on the road this morning.
• The cabin is accessible by road.
• These country roads are beautiful.
• The city expects the road to be closed through 5 p.m. Feb. 24.
  — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 30 Jan. 2025
• Fans had filled the stands at the Polo Grounds and on the road.
  — Vince Guerrieri, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023
• With the rope dropped, the man behind the wheel let up on the clutch and sped down the road.
  — Jared Lemus, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2024
• Curtis crossed the four-lane road and got back to the car.
  — Murat Oztaskin, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2023
• And don't just leave them on the side of the road; be a good person.
  — John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
• Electric cars hit the roads and smart phones hit the stores.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
• Keep in mind the North Rim and its scenic roads are closed in the winter.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2024
• At about 3 miles, the trail opens up and overlaps with a road.
  — Mindy Sink, The Denver Post, 13 June 2024
• No word, though, on if an Ohio-style pie lies down the road.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2023
• Peels can create a huge mess in the drainpipes down the road.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
• The road is paved, so the only challenge is the twists and turns (and steep drop-offs) along the way.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
• Their exit was also the end of the road for the Ramblers.
  — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2022
• On the drive home, the friend falls asleep — and Aaron shoots him in cold blood, leaving his body on the side of the road.
  — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 17 Sep. 2024
• In a tornado, one of the worst places to be is in transit or on the road.
  — Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2022
• The road to Delta is paved with pumpjacks and wind power.
  — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022
• The road to the World Series might contain no days off, or five.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• The flags were a thread in road losses to Tennessee and LSU.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 4 Sep. 2023
• Stopping along the side of a road for a call of nature doesn’t turn out so well for the dudes in the prologue.
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
• Those are proud content moments for the Rust Belt city up the road.
  — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
• His windshield is smeared with the dust of a lengthy road journey.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 22 May 2026
• Shorter commute times on some of the area’s busiest roads and commuter rail that takes some of the strain from downtown parking lots.
  — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
• Rainwater tends to stockpile on the edges of roads.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
• Or in relation at all to, like, that fork-in-the-road difference in how people pursue comedy.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026