Explore Driveway through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like drive or road. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Driveway meaning
- A short private road that leads to a house or garage.
- A road that enters or circulates through a defined area, such as an institution, compound, land area, etc., for the purpose of private access, maintenance, or security.
- Synonym of droveway.
Using Driveway
- The main meaning on this page is: A short private road that leads to a house or garage. | A road that enters or circulates through a defined area, such as an institution, compound, land area, etc., for the purpose of private access, maintenance, or security. | Synonym of droveway.
- Useful related words include: drive, private road, road, route.
- In the example corpus, driveway often appears in combinations such as: the driveway, driveway and, your driveway.
Context around Driveway
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Driveway
- In this selection, "driveway" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, suitable, cambridge, street, basketball, budget and isn stand out and add context to how "driveway" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a new driveway at a and around the driveway. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "driveway" sits close to words such as blows, certainty and clue, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with driveway
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An electric roller door gives easy access to the driveway. (10 words)
A bouquet of flowers sat stuck into a dirt pile at the end of the driveway. (16 words)
A pair of handsome stone posts with wrought iron gates opens onto a large gravel driveway. (16 words)
Also, while we like our neighbors, there is a fairly draconian HOA, which we’ve already irritated by planting the wrong kinds of trees in our yard, so I don’t think they would react positively to a nice but … eccentric camper in our driveway. (45 words)
Officers tracked surveillance camera footage showing a vehicle with its headlights off stopping at the South Cambridge Driveway at 1:49 a.m., depicting someone with a flashlight looking into vehicles in the driveway, a report states. (37 words)
Use a broom not a hose to clean your driveway(s) – The practice of using a hosepipe to clean your driveway is discouraged as it wastes water, instead, you can use a broom to save water. (36 words)
You want me to ticket some dad’s car because he moved it out of the driveway so his five year old son could bike around the driveway? (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
Choosing the most suitable driveway basketball court revolves around considering the size of the driveway, budget and frequency of use.
Officers tracked surveillance camera footage showing a vehicle with its headlights off stopping at the South Cambridge Driveway at 1:49 a.m., depicting someone with a flashlight looking into vehicles in the driveway, a report states.
And sadly, parking in front of a driveway isn't against the law so it can be hard to fix if someone blocks your driveway.
The driveway joined the road in a swale that during some years at peak spring melt, a small stream would flow across the road and down the driveway and around the house.
Use a broom not a hose to clean your driveway(s) – The practice of using a hosepipe to clean your driveway is discouraged as it wastes water, instead, you can use a broom to save water.
You want me to ticket some dad’s car because he moved it out of the driveway so his five year old son could bike around the driveway?
The Munson Street driveway will be open to both the public and tenants; the Shelton Avenue driveway will be gated for tenant only access, according to the report.
A bouquet of flowers sat stuck into a dirt pile at the end of the driveway.
A brick pavia driveway offers off-road parking and impeccable landscaped grounds featuring azaleas, camellias, pieris and roses.
A burglar who stole a car off a driveway at a home in Arnold left his blood at the scene.
A fire had started inside the van, which was then parked in his driveway, and took hold of it very quickly.
Also, while we like our neighbors, there is a fairly draconian HOA, which we’ve already irritated by planting the wrong kinds of trees in our yard, so I don’t think they would react positively to a nice but … eccentric camper in our driveway.
AN application to remove a section of a boundary wall and create a new driveway at a Greenock home is being considered by Inverclyde Council.
An electric roller door gives easy access to the driveway.
A Northamptonshire Police spokeswoman said: “A man and woman entered the driveway of the house and picked up the slate grey coloured statue, which weighed between 60-80kg, and walked off towards Skiddaw Walk.
Another resident reported on social media seeing an “uninvited visitor” on their driveway in Holtspur the same night.
Another vehicle in Maple Ridge has been snatched from a driveway - and it was all caught on video.
An unknown man was seen walking up a driveway on the 1000 block of Glen Lake Avenue, entering the backyard and looking around the property May 10 before leaving the residence, police said.
A pair of handsome stone posts with wrought iron gates opens onto a large gravel driveway.
Approached through a gated, secure driveway, the property is accessed through a large pivot front door, adjacent to an automated vertical sectional garage door.
Common combinations with driveway
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the driveway 64×
- driveway and 16×
- your driveway 13×
- driveway to 11×
- her driveway 11×
- driveway in 9×
- private driveway 8×
- driveway of 7×
- their driveway 7×
- driveway on 7×