Dead-end

//ˈdɛdɛnd//

"Dead-end" in a Sentence (17 examples)

This is a dead-end alley.

He was trapped in a dead-end job.

Don't go in there, it's a dead-end street.

It's a dead-end relationship.

Dead-end jobs are not only unlikely to be lucrative over the long haul, they're unlikely to provide much scope for talent.

This is a dead-end street.

Don't waste your time in a dead-end relationship.

Is Tom still working that dead-end job?

Sami was walking down a dead-end street.

Yanni noticed the dead-end sign but he continued to drive.

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a dead-end street

a dead-end job

[...] as it approached Platform 9 at Moorgate, the train, which ought to have been going at 15 miles an hour, was travelling at 35 m.p.h., and apparently accelerating. It smashed into the head wall of the 60-foot dead-end tunnel because, as we have seen, the Metropolitan's plans to extend the line south had come to nothing.

Watch out! The road dead-ends in 200 yards and there's nowhere to turn around!

Dumas' tangle of unrequited, misplaced and dead-ended love

We turned into the street and realised it was a dead-end.

Mary realised her relationship with Jim had hit a dead-end.

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