How to Use main/major road in a Sentence

main/major road

noun

• 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
• There was one main road with shops, and then branching lanes with houses facing sugarcane fields.
  — Akhil Sharma, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
• The main road into town is unpaved — barely passable by car during the ongoing rainy season.
  — Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Oct 2024