How to Use alleyway in a Sentence

alleyway

noun
  • All the alleyways and side-streets blocked with stops and colons.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The man then fled from the store through an alleyway with an unknown amount of cash.
    — Andy Nguyen, Burbank Leader, 18 Sep. 2017
  • The stare-down scene for sure was the most difficult for me, in that alleyway.
    — Vulture, 7 July 2022
  • Bell said his crews cover about 75 miles of roads and alleyways.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • In the first clip, six officers can be seen in a narrow alleyway around a side door.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN, 25 June 2020
  • 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 family has a view of an alleyway with two large, blue dumpsters.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021
  • In fact, strolling the streets and winding alleyways of​ ​St.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Some of the best spots are under big trees, down narrow alleyways, or next to tall buildings.
    — Harry Guinness, Popular Science, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Bar Trench is a small, cozy speakeasy with less than 20 seats that sits at the end of an alleyway.
    — ELLE, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Each is mysteriously drawn to a light shop that sits at the end of a seedy alleyway.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 city is set in a valley, with the souk rising and falling through narrow alleyways.
    — Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 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
  • Leach returned to the alleyway to alert Green that the gunman had been taken down.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2021
  • In a couple of hours, the line will wrap into the alleyway across the street, Issa says.
    — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Pine and oak trees created a canopy over the alleyway that led to Maksym’s cinder block home.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2021
  • Another highlight is the wall on the side of the former alleyway.
    — Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 8 July 2024
  • 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
  • Three of the phones were located in the alleyway behind the business.
    — cleveland, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Local artists line the alleyways with their work, live bands set the mood, and food vendors add to the atmosphere.
    — Staff Report, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • His name graces snippets of poems and songs graffitied in alleyways.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Even alleyways have these magic moments.
    — Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
  • Tight, close shots of the side streets and seedy alleyways of New York City, also land well.
    — Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The videos showed them flashing guns, being inside a store and the three walking into an alleyway.
    — David Clarey, jsonline.com, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Some of my favorite stuff is that alleyway in Cleveland — that was the audition scene for both of us.
    — Abigail Lee, Variety, 12 July 2025

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