How to Use alleyway in a Sentence

alleyway

noun
  • It is made for the Gulf of Bothnia and the alleyways of Jokkmokk and the lethal zephyrs of Njörðr.
    Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 21 June 2018
  • All the alleyways and side-streets blocked with stops and colons.
    Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Bar Trench is a small, cozy speakeasy with less than 20 seats that sits at the end of an alleyway.
    ELLE, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The alleyway still stands as a monument to the tragedy.
    Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Behind the hotel in a redesigned alleyway is the heart of the Dairy Block.
    Will McGough, Forbes, 26 June 2022
  • The stare-down scene for sure was the most difficult for me, in that alleyway.
    Vulture, 7 July 2022
  • In a couple of hours, the line will wrap into the alleyway across the street, Issa says.
    Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • In the alleyway, the numbers don’t dwindle until the supplies run out, when the sun dips and shade floods the street.
    Erica Hellerstein, The Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2019
  • Leach returned to the alleyway to alert Green that the gunman had been taken down.
    BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2021
  • The two met in an alleyway, and Bailey shot Collins after Collins rushed at him and pushed him.
    Clifford Ward, chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Key Works, tucked between a Dunkin’ Donuts and an alleyway, is just 15 square feet.
    Margeaux Sippell, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • Byham was sitting in the third row and noticed a crouching man in black come from an alleyway to the right of the stage.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The men were standing in an alleyway next to the apartment when gunfire rang out.
    Michelle Hunter | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 21 Sep. 2020
  • The remix’s video finds the Queen of Pop and Shake posing in an alleyway before speeding off into the night in a sportscar.
    Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Three of the phones were located in the alleyway behind the business.
    cleveland, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The live-crime missions range from a single fight in an alleyway to a lengthy battle against waves of foes on a rooftop.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2018
  • The stench of cow dung engulfs the gulleys, where thousands of flies swarm outside doors and mangy cats roam the alleyways.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The Harp and Celt, for example, has also used the Pine Street alleyway.
    Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Mar. 2021
  • In the first clip, six officers can be seen in a narrow alleyway around a side door.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN, 25 June 2020
  • Another highlight is the wall on the side of the former alleyway.
    Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 8 July 2024
  • Pine and oak trees created a canopy over the alleyway that led to Maksym’s cinder block home.
    BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2021
  • At home, a grieving woman with a household broom tries to wash rivers of blood from the alleyway where her kin was slain.
    Fox News, 30 Aug. 2018
  • The narrow streets and alleyways of a village in Karnal.
    Kunal Sehgal, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Not the way Tre sweetly cradled Ricky’s limp, lifeless body in the alleyway.
    Jason Parham, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Some of the best spots are under big trees, down narrow alleyways, or next to tall buildings.
    Harry Guinness, Popular Science, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Each is mysteriously drawn to a light shop that sits at the end of a seedy alleyway.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024
  • It was later recovered in an alleyway about a third of a mile from Smith's home.
    Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2021
  • The family has a view of an alleyway with two large, blue dumpsters.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Wander the squares and alleyways of the centre with a guide using the Bordeaux city pass, and don't miss sights like the opera house, cathedral or Place de la Bourse.
    Jaymi McCann, theweek, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Jones said Calumet City already constructed three similar alleyways and has plans in place for six more.
    Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2024

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