alley
noun
a passage, as through a continuous row of houses, permitting access from the street to backyards, garages, etc.
alleys
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pluralof alley.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Nabil took me to his house, in a poor area of narrow alleys and modest buildings.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Formal dining rooms are out; bowling alleys, margarita machines and waterslides are in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Their shops down narrow alleys sit dark behind faded signs advertising "traditional fortune-telling houses".
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Street food isn’t just hawker carts and smoke-filled alleys.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Every day I combed the sidewalks and alleys looking for a crust of bread or anything else edible in the attempt to combat my constant hunger.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
