: 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 clip begins with their daughter, Tali (Isla Gie), noticing a suspicious car pulling into the driveway of their safe house.
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Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Kaufmann started the stand as an experiment in her driveway near the entrance to the Cornelia Fort Air Park in East Nashville.
—Molly Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
Early every morning the new neighbors back their car out of their driveway and park it in front of our house.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
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.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 2025
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Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Kaufmann started the stand as an experiment in her driveway near the entrance to the Cornelia Fort Air Park in East Nashville.
—Molly Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
Early every morning the new neighbors back their car out of their driveway and park it in front of our house.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
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.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 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 30 Sep. 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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