Sentence examples for the signpost from inspiring English sources

The phrase "the signpost" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when referring to a physical sign that provides direction or information, or metaphorically to indicate guidance or a point of reference in a discussion. Example: "As we walked through the forest, we finally spotted the signpost that pointed us towards the hiking trail."

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the signpost

noun

A post bearing a sign that gives information on directions

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There I will find a man sitting beside the signpost.

Its name remained secret right up to the moment when the signpost blew it.

Turn left at the signpost for Ashprington, Tuckenhay and Bow Bridge.

"I forgot to point out the signpost as we got to Grindleford.

Follow this and at the signpost turn right, keeping Chad brook to your right.

8. Cross to the signpost on the other side of the road.

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A test will come soon: Starting this fall, SDSS researchers will use the Hubble Space Telescope to examine dozens of quasars, including their four most distant ones, for multiple images--the signpost of a lensed quasar.

In the early summer, you can look down from the hills around Huggate or Fridaythorpe (the Wolds have great let's-photograph-the-signpost-and-put-it-on-Instagram place names: one, Wetwang, was borrowed by Tolkein for Middle Earth) and see sweet-shop colours: sherbert-lemon oilseed rape, mint-green barley, Cadbury-purple borage, the aniseed-ball red of copper beech leaves.

In Targetland all the signposts point inward.

"Mainstream comedy" now requires the signposting.

"The signposts have come into focus," he said.

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