backstreet

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.

Today’s forgotten backstreet can be tomorrow’s “south of…” or “north of….” the new hot place, or adjacent to the new hot place.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 2025

And Justino didn’t sweat away the months in this compact gym in a gritty industrial backstreet in Orange County simply for a paycheck.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2022

“As a teenager I nearly bled to death after a backstreet abortion,” Josephine Kamara, an activist, said in a statement.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2022

Given such religious precepts, social stigma and a mishmash of laws that in most African nations only allow abortions in extreme situations, backstreet operations remain rife.

From Reuters • May 31, 2022

“Sometimes the story is growing in squalid backstreet bars, Dockside in Tarbean.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss