How to Use main/major road in a Sentence

main/major road

noun
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  • Alper, 25, jumped into her car and raced to the main road.
    — Isabel Debre, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The Post set up cameras along the main road to capture it.
    — Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 11 June 2024
  • The truck zigzagged through side streets for two hours to avoid Israeli tanks on the main road south.
    — Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Yes, the park’s main road spans 28 miles and takes about an hour to travel by car.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
  • From the main road to the gate, things got ugly, with 30 minute to an hour waits to get into the ranch.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The drive can be slow, even on this main road to Lake Shkodër on the Kosovan border.
    — Stephanie Rafanelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2023
  • That is the main road leading people to the city’s beaches.
    — al, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Dimes were scattered across the parking lot and the main road nearby.
    — Sara Smart, CNN, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Others who made it to their cars in time were able to get on the main road and start driving east.
    — NBC news, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Sometimes, the main road to the park closes so the military can test.
    — Geoffrey Morrison, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • In a full circle, the river again reached the fort, filling up the nearby main road.
    — Karishma Mehrotra, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
  • To the right of the main road, campers ages 13 to 16 have pitched tents and are prepping dinner to enjoy outside.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2023
  • At first, Phoenix was just one mile long, a half-mile wide, and had Washington Street as the main road.
    — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2024
  • The floodwater washed out a main road leading up to the vineyard.
    — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The main road to Lahaina continues to be closed down to tourists on Thursday.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Farnie’s and neighboring homes sit lower than the main road.
    — Kate Robins, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2024
  • But the area of the derailment still looked like a large cleanup site this month, with truck traffic jamming a main road.
    — Peter Eavis, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Whiteley sometimes cut north through the creek bed to hitchhike on the main road nearby, Spruill said.
    — Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Enjoy the carriage ride down the Avonlea main road, which dips and winds as good rural roads should.
    — Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022
  • How to Get Around Santa Teresa has one main road that runs parallel to the beach.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2023
  • On the main road, several miles from our house, the snow berm had deer feet and other body parts sticking out of it.
    — The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The building began as an ordinary wooden structure on the old Bayshore Road, the main road out of the city.
    — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2022
  • The main road bridge has a hole in it, and the surface of the smaller bridge that runs alongside it also appears to be damaged.
    — Ivan Nechepurenko, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
  • The main road in Martissant is a strategic artery that connects the Haitian capital with the south of the country.
    — NBC News, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Santa Teresa has one main road that runs parallel to the beach.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2022
  • Discover two big bonuses just steps away — the fresh debut of Giorgio’s at The Lot is a two-minute stroll down the main road.
    — Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2024
  • The block-long alley links the main road with another narrow strip packed with bars and trendy restaurants.
    — Adam Schreck, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Golfers watched as the vehicles winded their way toward the exit and onto the main road.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Sandton Drive is a major road in the district of Sandton, which is considered the richest square mile in Africa.
    — Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
  • So what if the village turns out to be a short distance from a major road (yet somehow its residents never seem to hear the cars)?
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 July 2024

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