rutted

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

In the meantime, to get to work at the market, Rahesh must walk for two hours along a rutted dirt road between barren mountains before he can catch a ride.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Costa Rica’s Pacuare Lodge is so remote that visitors must arrive via white-water raft, by air or on a rutted 4WD-only road.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

When your name is associated with that much cloaked money in that sort of rutted environment, what else is involved?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2024

Residents described the forest track as "deeply rutted" and a challenge even for four-wheel drive vehicles.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023

There was a path, muddy and rutted and potholed, so people did sometimes come this way; but the flat horizon was so far away on every side that he had little sense of making progress.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman