back street
Example Sentences
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Find the right back street just south of the French Quarter, ascend a set of stairs and you’ll find Habakuk Fine Coffee and Bistro, a Michelin Bib Gourmand winner.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Saturday morning in a back street in south London - and I am leaning on a metal railing.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025
My brilliant solution was to somehow maneuver the Civic two blocks, bucking and wheezing all the way, park it out of sight on a back street, and furtively drive my own car to Seattle.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2023
“I didn’t know if it was coming from the back street behind me or in front of me,” she recalled in an interview.
From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2023
Gay chose a back street that brought them out on the main highway at Peter’s Gate just before the steep Carmel Hill starts.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
