: 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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If there is no parking lot or driveway to pull into, pull your vehicle off to the side of the road as far as possible.
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 26 Nov. 2025
Responding officers found the shooting victim in the driveway of a house on South Hampshire Street, and she was taken to the hospital in critical condition, police said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Nov. 2025
Morris said the Shores Planned District Advisory Board encouraged them to increase landscaping, reduce the number of driveway cuts from two to one, remove the basement and offset the north side of the structure.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
For their signature Candlelight Christmas evenings, 400 luminaries line the driveway.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2025
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 26 Nov. 2025
Responding officers found the shooting victim in the driveway of a house on South Hampshire Street, and she was taken to the hospital in critical condition, police said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Nov. 2025
Morris said the Shores Planned District Advisory Board encouraged them to increase landscaping, reduce the number of driveway cuts from two to one, remove the basement and offset the north side of the structure.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
For their signature Candlelight Christmas evenings, 400 luminaries line the driveway.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for driveway
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“Driveway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/driveway. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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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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