How to Use alley in a Sentence

alley

noun

• The car turned down an alley and came to a stop.
  — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
• The sporty vibe of this loungewear set is right up our alley.
  — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 11 Mar. 2026
• The guys down the alley were Kahn and his friends.
  — Amanda Champagne-Meadows, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2026
• Leaving him to die alone in the alley.
  — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 23 June 2026
• The men still guzzle beer in the alley.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
• This place was so charming, full of small streets and alleys.
  — Sue D. Gelber, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2023
• Skill games are tucked in alleys, and lamps are shaped like flowers.
  — Tamara Shopsin, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2025
• The sky has shattered, shards fill the alleys.
  — Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
• That wall of sound, which people call shoegaze, was very much up my alley.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 2 Oct. 2023
• The city says more than 300 alleys have been plowed so far.
  — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
• Chicago’s alleys could do the same.
  — Liam Stanton, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
• And, for the 32-year-old star, the pop-up was right up her alley.
  — Larry Stansbury, Essence, 11 Sep. 2025
• Both then ran past a church and into a nearby alley.
  — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 28 May 2026
• Both then ran past a church and into a nearby alley.
  — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
• This is right up my alley and the lineup was awesome.
  — Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 15 May 2026
• Paramedics drove in through the back alley but their gurney wouldn’t fit through the back door.
  — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
• Two years earlier, a man had been shot in an alley.
  — Ashley Luthern, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
• As a history lover, this was right up my alley.
  — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 20 Mar. 2026
• Beat up a homeless man in an alley who’s now pressing charges.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2023
• There are multiple teenage kids with guns in my alley.
  — Emily Feng, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026
• Police found him inside the bar next to the alley.
  — IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
• North, has a large warehouse with an alley at the rear of the building.
  — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 8 July 2023
• And then there’s a speakeasy in the alley or access to the alley.
  — AFAR Media, 11 May 2026
• Her dog was also found dead in the alley where she was found, police said.
  — Isabelle Butera, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
• But Pereira would make his way to the patio through a door in the alley.
  — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
• The art in the alley constantly changes, so make time to take it all in.
  — Karon Warren, AJC.com, 30 Apr. 2026
• Hit some balls in the right-center field alley, and he’s taken to it.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 25 Apr. 2024
• Garbage trucks can't get down the alley, and trash is now overflowing.
  — Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 25 June 2026
• The studios were wrapped with an alley hallway.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2026
• So, joining the Dream Team was right up his alley.
  — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025