Alley

Examples

• Emanuel, he thinks, walking in the alley. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The rough stock-strips for the alley bed, leveling strips, return chute, post and kick-backs are sawed out of certain of the logs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It conforms to the downward curve of the latter, but the rail work begins at the top of the incline and extends back to the newel post at the bowler’s end of the alley. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• As, 'Mr Alley, Mr Balley, Mr Calley, Mr Dalley, Mr Falley, Mr Galley, Mr Halley, Mr Lalley, Mr Malley. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The rails form a semicircle at the post, with the ends of the arc pointing down the alley. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The tide was coming in, as I judged from the sound it made, and I could hear it break at the end of the alley with a little rush towards me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He opened the package showing the books, somewhat to the disgust of the officer, who imagined he had caught a burglar sneaking away in the dark alley with his booty. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• But he was looking out for me, or rather for her who had been with me: therefore he descended the steps, and followed me down the alley. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It is usually placed on the right-hand side of the alley, or between a pair of alleys. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The street before the house, and the alley behind the house, had been carefully watched. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• In beginning the construction of an alley, the mechanic lays the leveling strips on which the bed is to rest. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The sea they turned into a murderous alley and a soiled road of commerce, disputed like the dirty land of a city every inch of it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• One evening, not ten short days since, he joined me whilst walking in my alley. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It is Broadway repeated in every street, in every court, in every alley! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Then we all went to Bell Yard, a narrow alley at a very short distance. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• When they get done washing, they sit in the alleys and nurse their cubs. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The people here live in alleys two yards wide, which have a smell about them which is peculiar but not entertaining. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It was moonless, but the reflex from the many glowing windows lit the court brightly, and even the alleys--dimly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He hurried through several alleys and streets, and at length turned into one, lighted only by a single lamp at the farther end. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Some lead to spacious results; others are blind alleys. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Avoiding, as much as was possible, all the main streets, and skulking only through the by-ways and alleys, he at length emerged on Snow Hill. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• It is usually placed on the right-hand side of the alley, or between a pair of alleys. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They used to saunter, arm in arm, up and down the alleys and walks of the garden. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Here, indeed, dwell human beings, but so few, and in alleys so thick branched and overarched, they are neither heard nor seen. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• From this raw material is gathered the chief stock that goes into bowling alleys and the pins. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The lanes and alleys, which I could not enter, but only view them as I passed, are from twelve to eighteen inches. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• As I paced the alleys or sat in the berceau, a girl never came to my right hand but a teacher, as if by magic, appeared at my left. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

Edited by Elise