alley

Example Sentences

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A personal transformation—that was right up the ancestors’ alley.

From Literature

I got Nate to help me haul it out of the sucking mud and carry it to the shop, and Pops was happy to help me with it, a project right up his alley.

From Literature

The pair spent the next few years designing and building a roughly 13,500-square-foot house with a gym, pool, putting green and bowling alley.

From The Wall Street Journal

New to the grounds is an alley between the Terrace and Beer Barn that celebrates the region’s thriving street food scene.

From Los Angeles Times

For “Traffic Lights” his first thought was, “Oh I want to play this for Thom, he’d dig and it’s up his alley,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times