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as in foyer
the entrance room of a building
visitors to the Georgian mansion are received in a handsomely proportioned hallway featuring an open staircase
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Recent Examples of hallway
Hitler’s architect, Albert Speer, designed the massive new Reich Chancellery, which extended over multiple city blocks in Berlin and had a hallway twice as long as the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles.
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Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Mess easily builds up in entryways and hallways, so grab this console table to keep things organized.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
Burvee, a bookkeeper for 45 years at Olathe’s Wolf Creek Golf Club, grabbed her dog and huddled in the hallway.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
Reboulet has walked the hotel's hallways hundreds of times.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
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Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Mess easily builds up in entryways and hallways, so grab this console table to keep things organized.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
Burvee, a bookkeeper for 45 years at Olathe’s Wolf Creek Golf Club, grabbed her dog and huddled in the hallway.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
Reboulet has walked the hotel's hallways hundreds of times.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hallway
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallway
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As the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked, Syria offers itself as an alternative export corridor, trucking oil through its territory to European markets via its Baniyas port.—
Abby Sewell,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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In the past three years, more of these coffee shops have started to open along the Route 59 corridor, many of them chains that originated in other cities.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The entry foyer, with its vaulted ceiling and glistening floor, is welcoming and impressive.—
James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026
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Cherry blossoms great guests at the front foyer.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Trump this week floated a new plan to reopen the critical passageway used by America’s Gulf allies to export their oil and gas.—
Toqa Ezzidin,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Restrictions on tanker traffic in this narrow passageway are largely to blame for levitating oil prices and the other economic reverberations being felt around the globe.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The deep main compartment is large enough to fit even straw hats and nicer shoes without squishing them, and this trunk looks equally right in an airport or the lobby of the Carlyle Hotel, Mom’s favorite.—
Amanda Eyre Ward,
Travel + Leisure,
2 May 2026
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There’s like these giant dogs walking around, and the lobby is just so inviting with this big fireplace.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
2 May 2026
Noun
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On the days surrounding matches, live jazz and other music will be played in the concourses.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
1 May 2026
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With multiple terminals, busy concourses, and connections happening all day long, travelers can end up covering more ground than expected.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
28 Apr. 2026
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Some bargain hunters poked around, while a handful of old-timers walked the halls for exercise.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The night ended with singing from Lido Pimienta, accompanied by a ferocious percussion and some nifty use of a delay pedal which made her voice echo and twist around in the main hall.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
1 May 2026
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“Hallway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallway. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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