dirt road

noun

: a road with a hard dirt surface : an unpaved road

Examples of dirt road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Now, the paved road gets visitors about halfway before returning to a dirt road, making a four-wheel drive vehicle recommended. Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2024 Visitors to the beach take a dirt road and descend a rocky path. Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024 The family resettled just over a mile away, in a makeshift structure of cinder block, concrete and sheet metal at the end of a winding dirt road. Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024 The dirt road leading into San Onofre surf beach has been destroyed following the latest storm. Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024 Beyond the Cat stretched a dirt road, or what had been a road—a runway of debris that resembled the path of a narrow tornado. Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024 In 2016, a horse was found in pieces off a dirt road in the Homestead area. David Goodhue and, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2024 For visitors traveling from the Phoenix area, the first step is a long drive into Cochise County, the last mile on a dirt road, followed by a 1.5-mile hike to reach the remains of the fort. Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024 In October 1980, Nye County Sheriff’s deputies found the remains of an unknown adult male on a dirt road about a mile east of Interstate 95 and about 60 miles south of Tonopah, Nev., according to a Nevada State Police news release. Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024

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“Dirt road.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirt%20road. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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