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

Steve, from Chester, told BBC Radio Merseyside he saw the paramedic being struck, and recounted how he, his wife and friend ran down a side street to find safety.

From BBC • May 27, 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

Trash is everywhere, typically a garbage fire going down some side street.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah