side street

Example Sentences

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“We are going to be looking around, and we are staying with the group, not going on a side street, and not gather unnecessarily.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

His book is, on one level, a relic of a lost moment — a time before the Iranian revolution, when Afghanistan was a place a young traveler could "wander down a dreamy side street."

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2025

They explain that because the operational firearms commander did not know Sgt Blake and his colleagues were parked in the side street, he would also not have known that they were about to intervene.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024

He approached from a side street, wondering how close he could get during the convention.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2024

Some of them grouped together, talking in low voices before disappearing into the doorway of a house or down a side street.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin