: 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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Daniel Petroni The home’s driveway passes through a grand archway called a porte-cochere that leads to a circular motor court.
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Ray Parisi, CNBC, 12 July 2024
Published on July 11, 2024 Photo : Houlihan Lawrence and Anne Day Photography
Even the driveway has an exceptional view.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 11 July 2024
Melton has seen cases in which property owners have smashed a tenant’s electrical box with a sledgehammer, removed a home’s front door with a circular saw, and placed a two-by-four full of nails across a renter’s driveway to pop the tires of the family car.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 11 July 2024
That night, a 2024 Vapor Blue Mustang Mach-E sat in my driveway.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2024
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Ray Parisi, CNBC, 12 July 2024
Published on July 11, 2024 Photo : Houlihan Lawrence and Anne Day Photography
Even the driveway has an exceptional view.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 11 July 2024
Melton has seen cases in which property owners have smashed a tenant’s electrical box with a sledgehammer, removed a home’s front door with a circular saw, and placed a two-by-four full of nails across a renter’s driveway to pop the tires of the family car.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 11 July 2024
That night, a 2024 Vapor Blue Mustang Mach-E sat in my driveway.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2024
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“Driveway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/driveway. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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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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