: 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 streets were flat, there were few trees, all the houses had short driveways and blooming rosebushes outside.
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Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
According to The New York Times, the brothers got their start playing driveway basketball against each other with a hoop purchased by their parents, Claude and Mary, in their Toronto suburb.
—Grace Jordan-Weinstein, People.com, 27 June 2025
His romantic rival Kid Cudi’s Porsche exploded in the musician’s driveway in broad daylight, and the case remains unsolved.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2025
At one time minivans were the preeminent vehicle in the nation’s garages and driveways, having since been supplanted by SUVs and crossovers.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
According to The New York Times, the brothers got their start playing driveway basketball against each other with a hoop purchased by their parents, Claude and Mary, in their Toronto suburb.
—Grace Jordan-Weinstein, People.com, 27 June 2025
His romantic rival Kid Cudi’s Porsche exploded in the musician’s driveway in broad daylight, and the case remains unsolved.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2025
At one time minivans were the preeminent vehicle in the nation’s garages and driveways, having since been supplanted by SUVs and crossovers.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 26 June 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 5 Jul. 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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