leading nowhere

Example Sentences

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Unless we start talking to one another, that road seems to be leading nowhere good.

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025

He added that Mr Hammam had seen media reports of Northern Ireland's interest and "was keen to know whether this was serious, or speculation, leading nowhere".

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2023

Will Westworld advance that premise, or will we be bogged down in "Lost" plot and character spirals leading nowhere?

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2016

"The issue of jail informants in the Wozniak case, in the court's view, is a dead-end road leading nowhere," Conley said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2016

They had dug another hole, most likely, she thought, just a dummy, leading nowhere.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien