Word Finder - alley

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A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.

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The parking lot to my friend's apartment building is in the alley.

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• alleyway

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The area between the outfielders.

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He hit one deep into the alley.

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• gap

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An establishment where bowling is played.

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• bowling alley

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An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.

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• lane

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The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.

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A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.

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A passageway between rows of pews in a church.

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(perspective drawing) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.

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The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.

You heard him say it in the alley, he said.

He emerged into the alley in time to see her replace a phone in her pocket.

As she stepped off the walk to cross an alley, a lean figure stepped out of the saloon.

He left for the mortal world and emerged in an alley in some large city.

She breathed deeply and trailed him through the alley to the main street.

A couple of blocks away, I crawled into a horrible alley and began to cry out.

He didn't go the way they did but cut through an alley towards the center of the city.

A hand clamped around her arm and dragged her back into the alley.

He followed his instincts and appeared in a dark alley not far away, knowing who he'd find.

My job is to protect people like you from monsters like those in the alley.

Instead of ducking into the ladies' room, she pushed through the back entrance, which emptied out into a dark, rainy alley.

She shoved the phone and her hands in her pockets to keep them warm as she picked her way through the littered alley.

He turned, not surprised to see the small, grandfatherly man standing deeper in the alley.

His voice jarred her as it had in the alley.

Hilden took her arm quickly and led her a short distance away into a darkened alley.

In the Vennel (alley or small street) some ruins remain of the maison dieu, or hospitium, founded in 1256 by William of Brechin.

Maybe, but trying to put the blame on you would be right up her alley.

Arrows penetrated the darkness of the alley.

Xander picked up on one of the Guardians from the local station moving towards the alley.

As a matter of fact, after great suffering from gout and stone, he died in Ropemaker's Alley, Moorfields, on Monday the 26th of April 1731, and was buried in Bunhill Fields.

Deidre let the group jostle her down a small hallway that emptied out into an alley behind the row of buildings.

Not when I have a guarantee from some freakish stranger I met in a dark alley.

The alley light shone through the partially open door, interrupting the darkness just enough to illuminate the frightened look on her face.

Artificial ice rink, indoor swimming pool, indoor tennis, squash, fitness center, bowling alley.

Hence you crawl out from under the safety of a particularly large boulder to find yourself at the base of the skittle alley.

Dean opened the back door to the darkened alley.

Next to their front door is a pedestrian alley.

Tucked down a tiny alley, which is almost impossible to find, is this little gem.

Situated at Atlantico Commercial Center where there is a variety of shops, bars, restaurants, cinema and ten-pin bowling alley.

Books might also have been kept in the Sacristy or in the adjacent cloister alley.

A motor cycle was seen driving through this alley on one occasion despite two cast iron bollards that restrict access.

Your cousin is considering dating a man she'd have to defend in a dark alley.

Here he remained during the whole season, as joint-manager with Sheridan, in the direction and profits of the Theatre Royal in Smock Alley.

He would conceive an unintelligible aversion to a particular alley, and perform a great circuit rather than see the hateful place.

Parallel to the Stradone, on the north, is the Prijeki, a long, very narrow street, flanked by tall houses with overhanging balconies, and greatly resembling a Venetian alley, Despite the havoc wrought by earthquake in 1667, the whole city is rich in antiquarian interest.

There was conspicuous bravery at Munster Alley on the 6th of August 1916.

I do not know of any other garden, real or fictitious, claiming to have a " yew alley " .

The impact of supplementary prescribing in primary care Pharmacist prescribing a blind alley?

The reader is led very cleverly down a complete blind alley about halfway through.

Kirkwall businessman George Drever intends building a bowling alley and has gained outline planning permission for the scheme.

It is an indoor skiing facility that uses real snow it also house a bowling alley, multiplex cinema, climbing walls and restaurants.

I found a bowling alley near the office, where I changed from my hiking jeans and boots into conservative office wear.

The prisoners also made a bowling alley out of concrete, as well as a concrete billiards table, complete with concrete balls.

On Fridays there is a trip to a local bowling alley.

There was no time to try out any spa treatments, inhale at the oxygen bar or head for the 10-pin bowling alley.

Started back work again, just the same old bowling alley.

This complex also boasts a large bowling alley (see next entry) and various fast-food restaurants.

The center also boasts a 6 lane 10 pin bowling alley, featuring state of the art technology.

The National Maritime Museum and a 12 lane bowling alley are always worth a visit.

Makeup Alley, as you can gather by the name, features reviews on makeup products.