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 man then fled from the store through an alleyway with an unknown amount of cash.
  — Andy Nguyen, Burbank Leader, 18 Sep. 2017
• 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
• That's so the neighbors are less likely to call the police on a bunch of people in alleyways.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 3 Oct. 2017
• 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
• After an intense chase, the Waif and a very injured Arya face off in a sword fight in an alleyway in Braavos.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Aug. 2017
• 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 city is set in a valley, with the souk rising and falling through narrow alleyways.
  — Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
• 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
• The water bottle and a cell phone were found in a New York City alleyway where Mangione allegedly fled after the fatal shooting.
  — Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
• Five minutes after talking with Reuters, Sleaze is outside in an alleyway near the Hope center, looking over his shoulder.
  — Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Feb 2025