How to Use the end of the road in a Sentence

the end of the road

noun phrase
Definition of the end of the roadnext
  • The Supreme Court loss appeared to be the end of the road.
    — Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 4 June 2024
  • More to Read Is this the end of the road for Lewis Black?
    — Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
  • The Rangers could get Josh Jung back by the end of the road trip.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • But that wasn’t the end of the road for the banking hopeful.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Take a boat tour that gets you beside the wave, and past the end of the road.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 July 2024
  • Now that the bill has passed, TikTok has said, this is not the end of the road.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
  • This version of Godzilla may have reached the end of the road.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2024
  • For patients on Tuesday’s flight, this is not the end of the road.
    — Hala Gorani, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Much of the cast has been together for a decade, and this is the end of the road for many of them.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The trial wouldn’t be the end of the road for the House litigation.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Sep. 2024
  • However, that’s not the end of the road for this research.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2024
  • But, finally, in 2023, Sir Elton reached the end of the road.
    — Mark Sutherland, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Even back then Jason was set on season 3 being the end of the road from Ted and the gang.
    — Rebecca Norris, Country Living, 1 June 2023
  • And with steep interest rates and a high cost of living, the end of the road with debt can seem far away.
    — Nerdwallet, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Divorce was not the end of the road for Simon and Fisher, who spent years in an on-and-off romance.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • While this appears to be the end of the road for the first version of the Guardians, the mid-credits scene teases a fun new lineup à la the comics.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 4 May 2023
  • The wall, however, offers no flood protection from the marsh in the back, where a big tide already floods the end of the road.
    — Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
  • While many teammates went on to play in college, for most of us, the truth is that the end of high school marks the end of the road of competitive sports.
    — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
  • The caravan came to the end of the road, at another clearing with more markers.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2023
  • At the end of the road, white crosses dotted a wooded area that bled into marshland.
    — Caroline Gutman, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
  • This isn't necessarily the end of the road for Trump or his movement.
    — Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Larry Russ, the family’s attorney, said this is not the end of the road for the brand but could not share more details.
    — Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024
  • This week’s trailer shows more of that, with some hefty stakes and the implication that this is the end of the road for Brock and his greasy, brain-hungry friend.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 8 June 2024
  • On this day, the lot is full of pickup trucks and boat trailers belonging to people who drove here, to the end of the road, for a day of fishing.
    — Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2024
  • At the end of the road stands the barrier wall that fences off the refugee camp, and behind it, a concrete Israeli watchtower.
    — Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
  • But to a diver, or any explorer, the end of the road is where the real adventure begins.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 6 May 2023
  • At the end of the road was our destination: a monastery hidden behind tall wooden doors, or rather, what used to be a monastery.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
  • This isn’t the end of the road for Nantz in broadcasting, just calling college basketball games.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • In this reading, midlife is not the end of the road but women’s acceleration phase.
    — Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • While Halloween Ends might mark the end of the road for Curtis' character, Myers' reign of terror is far from over.
    — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2023

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