Get to know Alley better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like alleyway or street.
Alley in a sentence
Related words
Alley meaning
- A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.
- The area between the outfielders.
- An establishment where bowling is played.
Using Alley
- The main meaning on this page is: A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings. | The area between the outfielders. | An establishment where bowling is played.
- Useful related words include: alleyway, back street, street, bowling alley.
- In the example corpus, alley often appears in combinations such as: the alley, bowling alley, alley and.
Context around Alley
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Alley
- In this selection, "alley" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, anthony, green, albert, near, stephanie and jolene stand out and add context to how "alley" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a dark alley in a and a nearby alley. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "alley" sits close to words such as cuban, downgraded and ducks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with alley
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Lyn is survived by her husband J. L. Alley, a son J. Benjamin Alley and a granddaughter Morgan Cheyann Alley. (20 words)
A lot of the alleys take the name of their residents' occupations like the "Carpenters' Alley" and the "Tailors' Alley". (20 words)
Although the banner and Nihonmachi Alley design projects are separate initiatives, the underlying goal of revitalizing and beautifying Japantown remains a shared objective. (23 words)
The man was walking in an alley in the 2500 block of S. Troy just before 8:30 a.m. when an SUV approached the alley and an unknown suspect exited the vehicle and fired multiple shots at the victim, according to police. (43 words)
The Council reviewed a request by the owners of the property located at 403 Locust to vacate the alley adjacent to their property and offered to purchase the vacated alley from the City for the costs of survey and attorney fees. (41 words)
He parked near an alley between K’town and downtown, not far from UPS and the 110. He walked into the alley under a cloud deck that was lit orange, yellow, and purple, like the atmosphere of another planet descending. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
He is survived by his wife, Elaine Albert Alley: his only son; James Anthony Alley (Stephanie) of Fairlawn; brother Everett “Sonny” Alley (Jolene) of Fairlawn; two grandsons; Bryce Jerrad Alley and Reese Anthony Alley.
Lyn is survived by her husband J. L. Alley, a son J. Benjamin Alley and a granddaughter Morgan Cheyann Alley.
He parked near an alley between K’town and downtown, not far from UPS and the 110. He walked into the alley under a cloud deck that was lit orange, yellow, and purple, like the atmosphere of another planet descending.
For years, old markers at Mills Place Alley — once called Ward Alley — only recognized Alexander Fraser Mills, who planted a citrus grove in the area, and included a simple description of the attack.
Our address is 115 Broadway N. We rent the basement from Broadway to the alley and the first floor from Broadway to the alley.
The man was walking in an alley in the 2500 block of S. Troy just before 8:30 a.m. when an SUV approached the alley and an unknown suspect exited the vehicle and fired multiple shots at the victim, according to police.
The problem is especially acute in the lobster industry, according to Rock Alley, president of the Maine Lobstering Union Local 207. Lobstermen are “not able to move much product,” Alley said this week.
Simpson said an alley entry is the code-compliant access point for the site’s below-grade parking, but that would mean sharing the alley with single-family homes.
I’ve always had trouble with the town and Cris has told me many times he doesn’t think the town is responsible for the alley and he does not like having the town employees working on the alley.
The Council reviewed a request by the owners of the property located at 403 Locust to vacate the alley adjacent to their property and offered to purchase the vacated alley from the City for the costs of survey and attorney fees.
A lot of the alleys take the name of their residents' occupations like the "Carpenters' Alley" and the "Tailors' Alley".
Green Alley Cecilia Beaux painting Cardinal Mercier (ca. 1919) By 1906, Beaux began to live year-round at Green Alley, in a comfortable colony of "cottages" belonging to her wealthy friends and neighbors.
A 911 call alerted the Scottsdale Police Department about a dead puppy found in an alley near Miller Road and Latham Street with its mouth duct taped shut.
According to police, two of the suspects were spotted walking near the scene of the explosion, while the other two were sitting inside a car parked in a nearby alley.
Although the banner and Nihonmachi Alley design projects are separate initiatives, the underlying goal of revitalizing and beautifying Japantown remains a shared objective.
A man was found unresponsive and shot multiple times throughout the body overnight in an alley on the Southwest Side in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, Chicago police said.
A man was robbed in this alley on the 2000 block of North Damen earlier this week amid a recent surge in brutal attacks around the North Side.
A man who grabbed a young woman in a dark alley in a bid to sexually assault her has been detained in a psychiatric hospital.
An art paradise is the way that The Beacon Hill Art Walk is described by area artists who showed their works in the nooks and crannies in the alley ways of Beacon Hill on Sunday.
And the first chocolate house - advertised as being "run by a Frenchman" - in London opened in 1657 in Queen's Head Alley, near Bishopsgate.
Common combinations with alley
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the alley 35×
- bowling alley 33×
- alley and 28×
- an alley 26×
- alley in 16×
- your alley 8×
- alley on 6×
- alley where 5×
- alley was 5×
- alley of 4×