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
People who, for example, park in an alley, fire lane or who obstruct traffic could face higher fines.
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Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2025
Shops boarded their windows and doors and at night people lit fires in alleys and took bats to the sides of cars.
—Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
These ones with a 2.75-inch inseam are right up my alley.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 22 June 2025
Adding another talented name at a low cost is right up Howie Roseman's alley.
—Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
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Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2025
Shops boarded their windows and doors and at night people lit fires in alleys and took bats to the sides of cars.
—Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
These ones with a 2.75-inch inseam are right up my alley.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 22 June 2025
Adding another talented name at a low cost is right up Howie Roseman's alley.
—Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for alley
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alley
Noun
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Some drove for hours to get there, while others simply walked in off the street.—
Rachel Pearson,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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Haunted by an incident in Boston several years earlier, Tim seems content to walk around the darkened streets, ensuring the town’s small businesses are locked and secured.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
13 July 2025
Noun
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The northernmost portion of the path cuts through Macken Park before moving to the road as the park ends at Clark Ferguson Drive.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 July 2025
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People have died in Kerr County and roads were flooding in Kerrville, a city of 25,000 people about 60 miles northwest of San Antonio, authorities said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
5 July 2025
Noun
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The project aims to open the new highway crossing by 2032.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
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The highway in the area has been washed away, the outlet also reported.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
5 July 2025
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“Alley.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alley. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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