alleyways
- plural of alleyway.
Example Sentences
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The brooding menace of his sound adds immeasurably to the film’s suspense, especially when Jo and Ben search frantically through deserted London alleyways for their kidnapped son.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
In the usually lively alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City, silence reigned on Easter Sunday, the holiday overshadowed by the war.
From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026
A woman, in a rhinestone shirt, told me that she wanted to convene her fellow cyclists to whizz by the gulleys and alleyways around Tucson, searching for clues in the muck.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
"They were getting away, going through tight gaps, alleyways, footpaths and even off-road."
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
I fled down alleyways as dark and stifling as the gullets of dragons, through sizzling sparks and palls of smoke, under clotheslines fluttering with singed sheets.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
