: 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 the roadside is your only option, pull off as far as possible, preferably past the end of a guard rail, and wait until the storm passes.
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Bay Area Weather Report, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025
On a sunny spring afternoon, vans pull up to a low white clapboard building on Crystal Spring Farm in Brunswick, Me., a historic property marked at the roadside by a long horizontal sign of a big wood carrot with a bite taken out.
—Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025
In his debut novel, Another Roadside Attraction from 1971, the mummified body of Jesus Christ turns up at a roadside hot dog stand.
—Tom Vitale, NPR, 9 Feb. 2025
The latter is the succulent sandwich claim-to-fame, served for years at our town’s roadside diner Patterson’s (later Brantwood) where Rosie worked for so many years, as well as Doug’s restaurant, named for the late Doug Vessley, all located along State Highway 10 through the center of North Judson.
—Phil Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
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Bay Area Weather Report, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025
On a sunny spring afternoon, vans pull up to a low white clapboard building on Crystal Spring Farm in Brunswick, Me., a historic property marked at the roadside by a long horizontal sign of a big wood carrot with a bite taken out.
—Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025
In his debut novel, Another Roadside Attraction from 1971, the mummified body of Jesus Christ turns up at a roadside hot dog stand.
—Tom Vitale, NPR, 9 Feb. 2025
The latter is the succulent sandwich claim-to-fame, served for years at our town’s roadside diner Patterson’s (later Brantwood) where Rosie worked for so many years, as well as Doug’s restaurant, named for the late Doug Vessley, all located along State Highway 10 through the center of North Judson.
—Phil Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Roadside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadside. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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