How to Use cul-de-sac in a Sentence

cul-de-sac

noun
  • The property sits on a cul-de-sac and overlooks the Hallbrook Country Club golf course.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2024
  • The president’s non-sequiturs and meandering digressions into cognitive cul-de-sacs were, Biden’s allies and courtiers assured us, a rare species of genius.
    Noah Rothman, National Review, 12 July 2024
  • The home sits on 1.6 acres at the end of a cul-de-sac and a long private driveway.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The whole process of building the cul-de-sac took nearly five months.
    Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The hogs continue to root around in the yard as dogs bark in the background along the quiet cul-de-sac.
    Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The property is located at the end of a cul-de-sac and edges a golf course.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2024
  • FitzGerald’s first apartment at the Black and Whites had this view over the end of the cul-de-sac toward the river.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 6 Feb. 2024
  • James Keoughan sold the five-bedroom, cul-de-sac home at 905 Dowling Court.
    Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 27 June 2023
  • Emma Grace is a little girl who lives on Canute’s cul-de-sac.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2024
  • The two-story home, set on half an acre at the end of a cul-de-sac in a wee glen in the Coldwater Canyon area, was built in 1957.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The chase ended in a cul-de-sac, and Berki was fatally shot.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2023
  • The Israelis and the Palestinians are in a dangerous cul-de-sac.
    Daniel C. Kurtzer, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2023
  • In the confessional scene, played out on a dusty Italian cul-de-sac, Kendall is a mess.
    Town & Country, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The company’s design shop is in the Bay Area, in a cul-de-sac behind Pivotal.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Garcia said the victims were a mother, a father and a young son, maybe 7, who had been living in the cul-de-sac house for a year.
    Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The grounds were clean and green, with big houses that lined a cul-de-sac where residents walked around taking in the sunlight.
    AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2023
  • This was a woman who should have lived the rest of her life in a beautiful suburban cul-de-sac.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 23 June 2023
  • The shooting happened at the top of the nearby cul-de-sac shortly afterward.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The quiet cul-de-sac, the feeling that you’re removed from the busyness of the city but are just minutes away, and the steep hills built for long walks were too much to give up.
    Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
  • One week, his team went to a home on a cul-de-sac with two kids and a swing set — the kind of place families take their children trick-or-treating.
    Lauren Peace, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The approval comes about three months after the agency purchased 5.1 acres surrounding the cul-de-sac in June.
    John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The homes will be on a private cul-de-sac with a single entrance off Loma Alta Drive.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The delivery site was in front of Winn’s residence in the neighborhood cul-de-sac.
    Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2024
  • The abode is positioned on a cul-de-sac and tucked behind a gate, kind of like a modern, monolithic fortress.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The Zillow listing says the home is nestled at the end of a cul-de-sac, near hiking trails and Silicon Valley’s tech hubs.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The man made a U-turn in a cul-de-sac and then started driving toward one of the deputies, according to the sheriff’s department.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Rounding out to 7,440 square feet, the property boasts beautiful views of the rolling hills and is located on a cul-de-sac.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Tucked along a cul-de-sac in Poplar Grove is a two-story, half-brick house that’s been in Kalo Hokafonu’s family for 30 years.
    Michael Lee, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • And for the first time, the houses are situated in a cul-de-sac, so the teams have a clear view of each other’s homes throughout the competition.
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Five-bedroom homes overlook tranquil cul-de-sacs and freshly mowed lawns.
    Abigail Kramer, ProPublica, 3 Jan. 2024

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