How to Use on the road in a Sentence

on the road

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  • Prior to the tour, Raitt had last been on the road in 2019.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The two friends left the city with a song and resumed life on the road.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The paper didn’t have the budget to send him on the road.
    — Dave Eggers, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Still, the Jets had a big letdown last week and are on the road.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Alas, the Rangers won each of their six series and went 13-5 on the road for the month.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 1 June 2023
  • So [she's] got her clothes ready to go out on the road with us.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 4 July 2024
  • The Maple Leafs are 3-0 on the road in the playoffs while the Panthers are 1-2 at home.
    — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
  • Fans may have to wait a bit longer to see Lauryn Hill and the Fugees on the road.
    — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
  • What team scores 30 points in less than six minutes of the fourth on the road?
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 29 May 2023
  • The betting angle: The Lakers are 6-10 against the spread on the road.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Yes, this team is spinning its wheels on the road to nowhere.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The mangled front part of the car is wrapped around the tree while the back half is on the road about 30 feet away.
    — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • When on the road, Suga gets warmed up a dose of fire water.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 2 May 2023
  • Dave Matthews is spending much of the summer on the road with the Dave Matthews Band.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2025
  • The Panthers opened the series by winning the first two games on the road.
    — Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
  • King/Drew will be on the road Thursday night to face La Habra.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • But since then, the Rams beat the Saints on the road, outlasted the Bills and then won road games against the 49ers and Jets.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The club got back on the road as one member went to scratch off a ticket.
    — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Huffman fell to 0-3 and is on the road at Oxford next week.
    — al, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Later, the Celtics are 4.5-point favorites on the road against a hot Suns team.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Thee Sacred Souls are back out on the road for the second leg of their tour.
    — Charles Moss, SPIN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Huggins’ find sheds new light on one of the star’s first pit stops on the road to celebrity.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Apr. 2024
  • There is no cell service in most of the park, and the men spent three hours driving back and forth on the road.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Even with both teams ending the first round Wednesday, both of those games were on the road.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023
  • But with less creepiness and ill intent. Translate that to the car on the road.
    — New Atlas, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Goodall is now on one of her globe-circling jaunts that keep her on the road some 300 days a year.
    — Ralph Blumenthal, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
  • But nothing was as ahead of everything else on the road as the 6.9.
    — Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Re-styling her wigs from show to show also means taking care of the artist’s hair on the road.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Grime and oil on the road surface mix with water to make the road slippery.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
  • The Rockies slipped to 2-19 on the road, the worst start in franchise history away from Colorado.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 13 May 2025

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