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

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

On a quieter side street, a third woman joined the group, claiming to be related to the healer and went to see if he could help.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2024

At the very next corner, deep inside the dense, impenetrable shadows of a narrow, winding side street, he heard the mysterious, unmistakable sound of someone shoveling snow.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller