Below you will find example sentences with "narrow streets". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Narrow Streets in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: narrow
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 26.1 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "narrow streets" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as hamlet where narrow streets are lined, 9 000 narrow streets that fire, two, street and wide stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with main streets, narrow down, high streets, narrow down, narrow gauge and narrow win, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with narrow streets
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Far too overcrowded for the very narrow streets in York. (10 words)
For days after the slayings, funeral processions filled the narrow streets of Salvatierra. (13 words)
Crowds have paraded down the narrow streets of Lewes for the annual Bonfire Night celebration. (15 words)
Fifteen years later, the nearly 17,000 shanties are all pucca homes, most with an upper storey that may be sub-let; the homes and shops standing higgledy-piggledy and packed closely together along the narrow streets are all electrified. (40 words)
The pattern of south to north roads is as follows: one broad convert wide broad road, two narrow streets, one mid-size street, two more narrow streets, and then another convert wide broad road. (34 words)
The street has historically been the busiest shopping street of the capital and adjacent streets lead to the most lively part of the old city with narrow streets, boutiques, bars and art-cafés. (33 words)
A friend of mine from America marvelled at our narrow streets: “People park on either side of the road it’s a two way street! (25 words)
Example sentences (20)
The pattern of south to north roads is as follows: one broad convert wide broad road, two narrow streets, one mid-size street, two more narrow streets, and then another convert wide broad road.
The street has historically been the busiest shopping street of the capital and adjacent streets lead to the most lively part of the old city with narrow streets, boutiques, bars and art-cafés.
Cobblestone roads, old mansions with folk art frescoes, old stone churches, narrow streets and the rich backdrop of the landscape create a uniquely beautiful scene at Mikro Papigo.
Directed by Michele Mally, the documentary shows Venice and its openness to the world and to the future, through its art and its museums, its canals and its narrow streets.
Far too overcrowded for the very narrow streets in York.
For days after the slayings, funeral processions filled the narrow streets of Salvatierra.
Inner west residents also warned narrow streets around St Aloysius’ College’s new campus in Rozelle would become gridlocked during school drop-off and pick-up times.
It hosts some beautiful two-storey mansions and narrow streets that pass the village’s stone courtyards.
One of the first things you may notice about Lavenham, are the half-timbered houses painted in rich colours that are tightly-packed along the narrow streets of the village.
Popotla, a fishing hamlet where narrow streets are lined with vendors selling a wide variety of local catch, is favored among smugglers for its large, sandy beach and relatively gentle waves.
Popotla, a fishing hamlet where narrow streets are lined with vendors selling a wide variety of local catch, is favoured among smugglers for its large, sandy beach and relatively gentle waves.
Swap the vibrant cliffside of Positano on the Amalfi Coast, Italy for Dartmouth in Devon and it’s steep, narrow streets lined with colourful homes.
The city hosts more than 9,000 narrow streets that fire trucks cannot enter in case of a possible earthquake, fire or other disasters.
The organisers have again produced an indispensable guide for visitors to follow the trails round the wynds and narrow streets, meet the artists and buy an item or two.
This cause the people to suffer who are unable to use carts or cars in the narrow streets as the poles are a major obstruction.
Crowds have paraded down the narrow streets of Lewes for the annual Bonfire Night celebration.
A friend of mine from America marvelled at our narrow streets: “People park on either side of the road it’s a two way street!
Although many protestors are wearing masks and gloves, the majority have been unable to adhere to the 2 metre social distancing guidance amid huge crowds in the city’s narrow streets.
Fifteen years later, the nearly 17,000 shanties are all pucca homes, most with an upper storey that may be sub-let; the homes and shops standing higgledy-piggledy and packed closely together along the narrow streets are all electrified.
Street marshals have been patrolling hotspots after tourists poured down narrow streets and flouted social-distancing rules - despite clear warning signs in place.