How to Use alley in a Sentence

alley

noun

• North, has a large warehouse with an alley at the rear of the building.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 8 July 2023
• Paramedics drove in through the back alley but their gurney wouldn’t fit through the back door.
  — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
• Tyree said Benner emerged from the alley with a BB gun.
  — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2023
• The alley is where neighbors say hi and bye, Mr. Lanter said.
  — Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2024
• Hit some balls in the right-center field alley, and he’s taken to it.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 25 Apr. 2024
• This place was so charming, full of small streets and alleys.
  — Sue D. Gelber, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2023
• Then, Drake steps in and throws an alley that would make D Wade do a double take.
  — Damien Scott, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2024
• The alley will display a timeline of sports leading up to the draft, city records show.
  — Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2024
• With the bases loaded and one out in the fourth, Brett Binkley lined a ball up the alley in right-center field.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2023
• The 23-year-old victim had been shot and was face down in one of two areas of the alley that had been set on fire.
  — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2024
• That wall of sound, which people call shoegaze, was very much up my alley.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 2 Oct. 2023
• Aware of police surveillance of the hotel, Miles sent the pair to hide the pool table in the alley.
  — Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2024
• The field is just off an alley between Fourth and Fifth Avenues.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 14 July 2023
• Her dog was also found dead in the alley where she was found, police said.
  — Isabelle Butera, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
• The first floor, which the owner said was a basement, opens onto an alley at the back of the property.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2024
• Garbage trucks in the alley pushing slush around, chewing.
  — Edgar Kunz, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
• Her purse was found a day after the car, in an alley where one of two early suspects was known to buy drugs.
  — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2024
• Beat up a homeless man in an alley who’s now pressing charges.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2023
• Pomegranate trees hang heavy with fruit in gardens in the labyrinthine alleys that lead uphill and away from the shore.
  — Feride Yalav-Heckeroth, CNN, 24 May 2023
• The church is in a narrow alley adorned with Indian flags.
  — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023
• The rescuers put the person in an ambulance and went back into the alleys.
  — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
• Officers then searched the area and found an injured woman in the alley behind the home.
  — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
• And sure, have a romantic dinner and sprinkle some rose petals on the sheets if that’s up your alley.
  — Ian Kerner, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
• Alex tried to close the gate to stop his ball from rolling into a vehicle alley, but the gate’s wheels broke away from the rails, causing the gate to fall on him.
  — Cameron MacDonald, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
• These alleys are quirky artifacts in Pierre L’Enfant’s design for the city.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
• Residents of the Jenin refugee camp emerged from their homes to find alleys lined with piles of rubble and flattened or scorched cars.
  — Nasser Nasser and Imad Isseid, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2023
• If baggy jeans just aren’t your style, something skinnier like this straight-leg pair will be more up your alley.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
• This is right up my alley and the lineup was awesome.
  — Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 15 May 2026
• And then there’s a speakeasy in the alley or access to the alley.
  — AFAR Media, 11 May 2026
• Altered perception would seem right up America’s alley as well.
  — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026