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How to Use "Road" with Example Sentences

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road (n): a hard surface where vehicles travel on

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Used with verbs:

"I followed the road to the lake."
(followed, crossed, took)

"She went down the road."
(went down, went up, turned into, turned onto, turned off)

"The car traveled down the road."
(traveled, drove)

"They are building the road."
(be + building, be + repairing, be + clearing, be + paving, be + widening)

"The roads are maintained throughout the year."
(be + maintained, be + blocked, be + blocked off, be + closed)

"When the road curves, get in the right lane."
(curves, bends, turns, narrows, widens, twists, winds)

"This road connects the industrial area to the central district."
(connects, links)

"The road goes south."
(goes, leads, runs)

"We walked along the road."
(walked, biked)

"The road is lined with trees."
(lined)

"This road crosses my property."
(crosses)

"The city sweeps the road every month."
(sweeps)

Used with nouns:

"The men are doing road work."
(work, construction, maintenance, repair, improvements)

"The police set up a road block."
(block, sign)

"We looked at the road map."
(map, atlas)

"You shouldn't eat road kill."
(kill)

"The city is monitoring road safety."
(safety, conditions)

"I bought myself a road bike."
(bike)

"We went on a road trip."
(trip)

"I did a road test first."
(test)

"I saw a road sweeper this morning."
(sweeper, crew)

"There is a road closure ahead."
(closure, bump, crossing, junction)

"Road rage can be very dangerous."
(rage)

Used with adjectives:

"Take the side road."
(side, back)

"The empty road stretched ahead of us."
(empty, winding, smooth, tree-lined, open, straight, deserted)

"He traveled down the country road."
(country, rural, coastal)

"She lives on a main road."
(main, major)

"They took the wrong road."
(wrong, hard, easy, high, low)

"I walked along the muddy road."
(muddy, dusty, icy, unpaved, rocky, rough, long, wide, narrow, dirt, bumpy)

"We biked along the twisting road."
(twisting, one-lane, two-lane)

"She drove up the private road."
(private, airport, residential, public, dead-end)

"We drove through a dangerous road."
(dangerous, busy, congested)

Used with prepositions:

"I sat down on the road."
(on)

"We sat in the road."
(in)

"I saw him across the road."
(across, up, by, in)

"She walked right into the main road without looking for cars."
(into, onto)

"We walked along the road."
(along)

"The road from the city is unpaved."
(from, to, through)

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