across the way

phrase

: across from someone on the other side of the street

They live across the way (from us).

Examples of across the way in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Émile’s leatherworkers often married Jeanne Lanvin’s seamstresses, who were confecting gowns for society women just across the way. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Waiting for them across the way were dozens of Ford pickup trucks lined up in columns to take them into town. — Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026

People pass through exercising, out for a run after work, in sportswear, while Curtiss looks toward the clock across the way, at the entrance to Westward Drive, as if to indicate that his legacy defies time. — Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

Williams, from her office across the way, has been hearing it for years. — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for across the way

• andromache
• bioassay
• cabriolet
• cercariae
• communique
• companionway
• compositae
• decussate
• examinee
• fabaceae
• glyphosate
• gramineae