: a private road giving access from a public way to a building on abutting grounds
Examples of driveway in a Sentence
A long driveway led to the mansion.
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Investigators say Horner accidentally struck the child with his delivery truck while backing out of the driveway.
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Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Forsythe, meanwhile, conquered her blocking problems by spending myriad hours in the driveway with her brother Lucas.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Firefighters responded to a home on Bennett Avenue on the report of a fire shortly after midnight and found that the home as well as two vehicles in the driveway were burning, according to the Waterbury Fire Department.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026
To cut down, Denver has asked its restaurants to only serve water to customers by request and encouraged residents to use more efficient commercial car washes, rather than rinsing off their car with buckets in the driveway.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
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Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Forsythe, meanwhile, conquered her blocking problems by spending myriad hours in the driveway with her brother Lucas.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Firefighters responded to a home on Bennett Avenue on the report of a fire shortly after midnight and found that the home as well as two vehicles in the driveway were burning, according to the Waterbury Fire Department.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026
To cut down, Denver has asked its restaurants to only serve water to customers by request and encouraged residents to use more efficient commercial car washes, rather than rinsing off their car with buckets in the driveway.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Driveway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/driveway. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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driveway
noun
drive·way
ˈdrīv-ˌwā 
: a short private road from the street to a house, garage, or parking lot
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