: 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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The video shows a shirtless, shoeless man meandering down a dirt driveway with a dog at his side.
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 30 May 2026
The application calls for neighborhood development and site development permits for work within the public right of way fronting 1595 Coast Walk, including deviations to allow a new driveway and for two existing guest parking spaces to remain.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
Walking up the driveway to toss it in someone's can?
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
There’s also an attached two-car garage off a streetside driveway.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 29 May 2026
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 30 May 2026
The application calls for neighborhood development and site development permits for work within the public right of way fronting 1595 Coast Walk, including deviations to allow a new driveway and for two existing guest parking spaces to remain.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
Walking up the driveway to toss it in someone's can?
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
There’s also an attached two-car garage off a streetside driveway.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 29 May 2026
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“Driveway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/driveway. Accessed 3 Jun. 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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