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

"It was coming down the side street off the side of the pub like a river. It was bringing bins, bricks and debris down the street."

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

I still prefer a side street, but I’ll take the freeway if I have to.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

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 parked on a side street, then wandered about until a suitably crowded variety store presented itself.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote