Thesaurus results for ALLEY

alley

noun

Definition of alley

as in street

a narrow passage between buildings One can spend days exploring all the alleys and backstreets of the old city.

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Recent Examples of alley According to court documents, police have obtained surveillance video showing the men fighting in an alley before Britt retreated and crossed the street toward the water. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026 Lined with locally- and woman-owned shops, the alley is often buzzing with music and sports fans spilling out of Brakeman Beer Hall. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026 City officials and neighbors assert that the constant stream of vehicles at the charging stations create light and sound pollution and cause undue traffic congestion on the streets and nearby alleys, creating a collective bother and disruption. — Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026 On my right were the usual family houses—one to two stories, one after the other—and then tucked between two houses was a bowling alley. — Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for alley

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Petit Ermitage is an intimate boutique hotel on a quiet residential street in West Hollywood.

— Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
And when interstates back up, the adjacent surface streets do, too.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of street

Noun

The town closest to the earthquake’s epicenter, San Jose del Palmar, has no airport, and is located on top of a mountain ridge along a highway linking the cities of Cali and Pereira.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Then off to the highway with you, up a mountain hill, in full control and at one with this rude, loud, hot machine.

— Josh Max, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026