: the strip of land along a road : the side of a road
roadside
adjective
Examples of roadside in a Sentence
a hamburger stand on the roadside
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If there is not a roadside ditch in front of the property, leaves need to be placed within 10 feet of the backside of the curb or edge of asphalt.
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The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Out in the street the roadside lamps blazed in the dark.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Workers will install clearer signs, widen shoulders and remove roadside obstacles; and
$5.6 million for Macon, Georgia, where an impoverished neighborhood will get new sidewalks, crosswalks and lights along a street that neighbors liken to a Formula 1 racetrack.
—Austin Fast, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
Its main street and roadside motels and attractions harken back to the tourism boom of the late 1930s when Skyline Drive was first extended into town.
—Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
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The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Out in the street the roadside lamps blazed in the dark.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Workers will install clearer signs, widen shoulders and remove roadside obstacles; and
$5.6 million for Macon, Georgia, where an impoverished neighborhood will get new sidewalks, crosswalks and lights along a street that neighbors liken to a Formula 1 racetrack.
—Austin Fast, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
Its main street and roadside motels and attractions harken back to the tourism boom of the late 1930s when Skyline Drive was first extended into town.
—Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for roadside
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“Roadside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadside. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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