back street
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Saturday morning in a back street in south London - and I am leaning on a metal railing.
From BBC
With the man's son directing them, the HTS security force drives to one of the poorer neighbourhoods, weaving through a warren of back streets, past scrapyards and middens.
From BBC
He said the incident happened at the Hope of Hart children's club, which is housed in a former warehouse building on a back street.
From BBC
Harris Steinberg, 57, standing at the counter of his auto parts shop, said that everything along Kensington Avenue — the tents, dealers and stray needles — was already moving to the neighborhood’s back streets.
From New York Times
A hair salon in a Kharkiv back street is one of many small businesses with a generator whirring noisily outside the door.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
