How to Use high street in a Sentence

high street

noun
  • That’s just one section of one not-quite whole block of a high street.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The pattern has also left its mark on the high street.
    — Natalie Hammond, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Back past the man and woman in their gardens, past the high street, past the groundskeeper .
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Last week was likely a slow one in malls and on high streets with the pending election and heavy rain.
    — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2019
  • The miners welfare club is boarded up; the high street is full of bargain shops.
    — The Economist, 30 July 2020
  • Imagine what a no-deal Brexit would mean for Britain's high street.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Customers are wise to the relentlessly quick turnover on the high street.
    — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2018
  • The high street has seen many goodbyes in recent years, but this one feels different.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Iconic brands, from high-end to high street, are exploring the trend and there’s so many to choose from.
    — Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Fans mob the surrounding streets, trudging back into pubs and bustling clubs on the high street.
    — Paula Mejía, Vulture, 5 July 2025
  • The high street offers a wide array of thrift shops and cell-phone stores, but, honestly, not much else.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 7 June 2019
  • Television crews have become a common feature along the high street.
    — Samuel Earle, The New Republic, 22 Oct. 2019
  • They had been approached by a mother who was struggling to adapt high street clothes for her teenage son who had suffered a spinal cord stroke.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The high street is packed with people huddled around the trader’s huts, trying to get their hands on something rhubarb-filled.
    — Craig Ballinger, Slate Magazine, 20 Mar. 2017
  • It’s all aimed at helping high street brands move toward circularity at scale.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Cardi's mum, however, approves of the high street store line, according to the star.
    — Photo: Gregg Deguire/getty Images., refinery29.com, 25 Jan. 2021
  • But all year the British high street has been battling cautious consumers, as well as the rise of online shopping.
    — Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
  • But that’s not an issue for the former, as Elliott himself has put it to the test in his vision for high street.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • From the high street to the ultra-luxe, designers are also leaning into the sleeveless style.
    — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2022
  • On a recent visit, two African migrants were handing out fliers at either end of the town’s medieval high street.
    — Marc Champion, Bloomberg.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • There are new mesh styles on the high street, with options ranging from cobalt blue mules at Cos to sock-like barely-there flats from Khaite.
    — Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
  • This is perhaps one of the most urgent questions that retailers need to answer as the future of the high street is debated.
    — Catherine Erdly, Forbes, 31 May 2021
  • The data comes as a fresh blow to the British high street after a year of consumer pullback in the face of rising prices and sluggish wage growth.
    — Bloomberg.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Goldsmith’s office, on Marlborough’s high street, is around the corner from Ford’s gallery.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
  • Kate Middleton is known for many things—glorious hair, adorable children, a love of high street style—but wearing tiaras is not one of them.
    — Sarah Lindig, ELLE, 4 Dec. 2018
  • In some cases, high-end brands also share the same manufacturing facilities as those on the high street.
    — Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Circ has worked with high street brands such as Zara and high fashion designers such as Christian Siriano.
    — Rhonda Richford, WWD, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The trio each had their own high street travel agency — something vital to capture volumes in a low-margin sector — and their own airline.
    — Ian King, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Those with a bust larger than is widely catered to on the high street should look to Freya, Beija and Bravissimo for styles.
    — Charlotte Owen, Vogue, 1 July 2022
  • The new driving mode enable a quick CO2-free spin around populated high streets to soak up the envious stares.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023

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