alley

[US]/ˈæli/
[UK]/ˈæli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. narrow passageway between or behind buildings; a narrow street

Phrases & Collocations

narrow alley

dark alley

dead-end alley

alley cat

blind alley

bowling alley

back alley

Example Sentences

an alley for lawn bowling.

darkly menacing alleys

I was ready to sly out the alley door.

a fence that screens the alley;

prowled the alleys of the city after dark.

a warren of narrow, dark alleys and side streets.

I followed him through a maze of narrow alleys.

Our first experiment was a blind alley, but the second one gave us very promising results.

There are stadiums, museums, theater, dancery, bowling alley and sauna center etc.in the county.

Minutes after Mr.Rebete ticketed the urinator he caught in the alley, another suspect headed the same way.

Luke Medlin, who was sweeping the alley for booby traps as Marine Gunner John Daly covered him from behind when the Taliban struck.

Ross drove aimlessly through the outer suburbs, sharing the wide, wet road with the occasional noctambulant alley cat, a carload of cheering carousers, and electric mini-van delivering milk.

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