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
The shrine was tucked away down a side street on the edge of the city - a low-roofed room crowded with carved figures.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 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
He walked down a side street, eyes darting here and there, wondering how it would unfold.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2024
He agreed at once; we found a quieter side street, and thankfully putting our burdens beside us sank down.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
