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nounPlural alleys ˈaliˈæli 1A narrow passageway between or behind buildings. he took a short cut along an alley there were a few muggings in the backstreets and alleys Example sentencesExamples - In the shadows of the fine buildings where they work, in the lanes and alleys behind the great houses of the wealthy, is another more dangerous city.
- It has great 18th and 19th century architecture, with houses built one on top of another separated by stone-paved narrow alleys.
- By his watch, he waited for another forty-five minutes, sitting on the steps in an alley behind the building.
- He turned a corner and walked down a narrow alley to where the door to his apartment complex was.
- A few hours later, Paul and I were standing in the pouring rain in the alley behind the Johnston Building.
- Away from boulevards and cafes, away from lights and crowds, he lived among the narrow, twisting alleys.
- It was as good of a plan as any at the time, so they began to walk down the narrow alleys and wider streets, trying to avoid as many people as possible.
- People still have homes behind the peeling façades in these narrow, winding alleys.
- They found the club along an alley behind a bingo hall.
- As you walk along narrow alleys, there is a chance that you will see a door and behind it a gondola, or a harpsichord, a fresco or a baroque orchestra rehearsing for an evening concert.
- I was walking east in the alley behind the bakery and the rest of the stores with the intent of getting food.
- Curious, Katie sat up to see what it was when she heard a distinct thud in the alley behind the building.
- Florence's centre, with its narrow alleys, Renaissance buildings and art treasures, was off-limits to the protesters, and the airspace above the city was closed to private aircraft.
- I've heard rumors about men in trench coats, lurking in dark alleys behind office buildings closed for the day.
- The old town also reeks of the past, with its steep passageways and cobbled alleys.
- Some sort of material formed a network of roads in the narrow alleys between buildings, which appeared to filled with humanoids.
- After a lengthy walk down the alley, and behind the back of the store, he noticed a lone car parked behind some bushes and shrubbery.
- Chomping on an unlit cigar and wearing wrap-around shades, he strode through the narrow alleys and congratulated his troops.
- Inside, the old town wiggles and winds in on itself, a labyrinth of narrow alleys and high walls, hiding dark courtyards.
- There are narrow alleys, sharp corners, open courtyards, one-way streets, even dead ends.
Synonyms passage, passageway, alleyway, back alley, backstreet, lane, path, pathway, walk corridor, aisle, arcade Northern English ginnel, snicket, twitten Scottish vennel Scottish & Northern English wynd Indian gully French allée - 1.1 A path lined with trees, bushes, or stones.
alleys of standing stones Example sentencesExamples - Driving out I passed through rolling land with farms and forests and so many alleys of trees.
- Rigid with fear Alf began to jog down an alley where the trees hung over to form a canopy beneath the lights creating a shadowy, menacing passageway.
- Some other members of the neighborhood helped to plant flowers and trees along the alley.
- We left after a few hours, the pounding fading back into the night up the mountain as we found our way down through the dark along narrow, stone-walled alleys lit only by cherry blossoms filtering moonlight.
- He parked the car in an alley surrounded by slick blackberry bushes whose thistles needled out with blood-red tips.
- Their trainers crunched against loose stones as they ran down a narrow dirt alley, bordered by high wooden fencing.
- Down an alley lined with trees, shadowy even in the summer heat, stood a little white villa amid a wild garden.
- The route is a fascinating medley of cobbled paths, alleys, fortified walls, and gardens.
- 1.2with modifier A long, narrow area in which games such as skittles and bowling are played.
Example sentencesExamples - I couldn't find the old skittle alley, but thankfully they still have a bar.
- The club offers live music and cabaret acts, a bar, a skittle alley, a function room seating more than 100 people, and various other attractions.
- The daytime activities are free and there will be something for everyone including a mobile skittle alley and a bouncy castle.
- Great landscaping caught the eye opposite the telephone box and in the general area of the handball alley.
- When the plans for the new pitch, clubhouse and handball alley were first announced there were many who expressed doubts about the scale of the proposals.
- It opened in 1996, after they put in many hours of voluntary work converting the former factory into a comfortable place to relax, with its own bar and skittle alley.
- In his youth Michael spent a considerable amount of his time in the handball alley in Asdee and became a great exponent of that game.
- As a small boy he learned how to play handball in the local alley down the road at the bridge and almost at the same learned of the treasure of fish in the great river that passed his door.
- 1.3North American Tennis Either of the two side strips between the singles sideline and the sidelines which count as part of the court in a doubles match.
Example sentencesExamples - He is just following the tread marks and signs on the tennis alley.
- At 4.5 feet, it is exactly the width of a tennis alley.
- 1.4Baseball The area between the outfielders in left-centre or right-centre field.
Example sentencesExamples - The Giants need to push back the power alleys, especially in right field -- the one point that juts out to 420 feet doesn't count.
- The 315-foot left field line and short alleys have turned Houston baseball into a nightly slugging contest.
- In Wrigley Field, the alley in right-center is a more forgiving 368 feet.
- I had this calm sense come over me as I was getting up to walk towards the alley, towards, towards the foul line.
Phrases informal Well suited to one's tastes, interests, or abilities. this job would be right up your alley Example sentencesExamples - This lightweight rocket is right up our alley in that we have a lot of experience building sails for similar type boats.
- This kind of issue is right up her alley, so you should really check it out and see insights she has for you.
- She is, after all, an expert on webs, so the navigation of the Worldwide Web is right up her alley.
- But, by the time Angelina was 11, she had realized that acting was right up her alley, too.
- As a broadcasting and graphics design double major the underwriting position is right up his alley.
- A fable of three royal monkeys, it was right up her alley and she took good advantage of the myriad opportunities to depict the main characters in the many incredible settings of the story.
- She began working with Austin Junior Volleyball, a job, she says, that was right up her alley.
- It would be awesome if there was an Assassin twist to it - knocking people off and taking their game pieces would be right up our alley.
- Developing creative new multiplayer game experiences is right up our alley and we are looking forward to the opportunity.
- Those who are looking for a challenge will find the single-player aspect of the game right up their alley.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French alee 'walking or passage', from aler 'go', from Latin ambulare 'to walk'. Rhymes Ali, Allie, Ally, bally, dally, dilly-dally, farfalle, galley, Halley, mallee, Mexicali, pally, Raleigh, rally, reveille, sally, tally, valley nounPlural alleys ˈaliˈæli A toy marble made of marble, alabaster, or glass. Example sentencesExamples - It became a game to find treasures for the box: an imitation pearl brooch the next summer, a cat's eye alley marble added the year I was nine, a few copper coins and a string of Indian beads when I was ten or eleven.
- To shoot correctly you held the marble between the thumb and forefinger and by flicking the thumb you propelled the alley forward, at great speed.
Phrases informal Exploit a situation or opportunity in order to improve one's position. he is trying to square them off to make his alley good with supporters Example sentencesExamples - "I will be there, just the same," Connie said, to make her alley good.
- The Minister of Finance has to make his alley good if he wants to achieve his ambition.
- Ernie saw the boss's face one day after someone else had made his alley good by dobbing them.
- He is uncertain who the new leader will be, and is therefore making his alley good.
- The Pig Man very nearly made his alley good with the La Gloria.
Origin Early 18th century: perhaps a diminutive of alabaster. nounˈalēˈæli 1A narrow passageway between or behind buildings. Example sentencesExamples - There are narrow alleys, sharp corners, open courtyards, one-way streets, even dead ends.
- He turned a corner and walked down a narrow alley to where the door to his apartment complex was.
- People still have homes behind the peeling façades in these narrow, winding alleys.
- In the shadows of the fine buildings where they work, in the lanes and alleys behind the great houses of the wealthy, is another more dangerous city.
- They found the club along an alley behind a bingo hall.
- Inside, the old town wiggles and winds in on itself, a labyrinth of narrow alleys and high walls, hiding dark courtyards.
- I've heard rumors about men in trench coats, lurking in dark alleys behind office buildings closed for the day.
- Curious, Katie sat up to see what it was when she heard a distinct thud in the alley behind the building.
- It was as good of a plan as any at the time, so they began to walk down the narrow alleys and wider streets, trying to avoid as many people as possible.
- The old town also reeks of the past, with its steep passageways and cobbled alleys.
- Away from boulevards and cafes, away from lights and crowds, he lived among the narrow, twisting alleys.
- A few hours later, Paul and I were standing in the pouring rain in the alley behind the Johnston Building.
- Chomping on an unlit cigar and wearing wrap-around shades, he strode through the narrow alleys and congratulated his troops.
- Florence's centre, with its narrow alleys, Renaissance buildings and art treasures, was off-limits to the protesters, and the airspace above the city was closed to private aircraft.
- As you walk along narrow alleys, there is a chance that you will see a door and behind it a gondola, or a harpsichord, a fresco or a baroque orchestra rehearsing for an evening concert.
- By his watch, he waited for another forty-five minutes, sitting on the steps in an alley behind the building.
- I was walking east in the alley behind the bakery and the rest of the stores with the intent of getting food.
- Some sort of material formed a network of roads in the narrow alleys between buildings, which appeared to filled with humanoids.
- It has great 18th and 19th century architecture, with houses built one on top of another separated by stone-paved narrow alleys.
- After a lengthy walk down the alley, and behind the back of the store, he noticed a lone car parked behind some bushes and shrubbery.
Synonyms passage, passageway, alleyway, back alley, backstreet, lane, path, pathway, walk - 1.1 A path lined with trees, bushes, or stones.
Compare with allée Example sentencesExamples - Some other members of the neighborhood helped to plant flowers and trees along the alley.
- We left after a few hours, the pounding fading back into the night up the mountain as we found our way down through the dark along narrow, stone-walled alleys lit only by cherry blossoms filtering moonlight.
- Driving out I passed through rolling land with farms and forests and so many alleys of trees.
- The route is a fascinating medley of cobbled paths, alleys, fortified walls, and gardens.
- Rigid with fear Alf began to jog down an alley where the trees hung over to form a canopy beneath the lights creating a shadowy, menacing passageway.
- Their trainers crunched against loose stones as they ran down a narrow dirt alley, bordered by high wooden fencing.
- He parked the car in an alley surrounded by slick blackberry bushes whose thistles needled out with blood-red tips.
- Down an alley lined with trees, shadowy even in the summer heat, stood a little white villa amid a wild garden.
- 1.2with modifier A long, narrow area in which games such as bowling are played.
Example sentencesExamples - I couldn't find the old skittle alley, but thankfully they still have a bar.
- The club offers live music and cabaret acts, a bar, a skittle alley, a function room seating more than 100 people, and various other attractions.
- It opened in 1996, after they put in many hours of voluntary work converting the former factory into a comfortable place to relax, with its own bar and skittle alley.
- Great landscaping caught the eye opposite the telephone box and in the general area of the handball alley.
- When the plans for the new pitch, clubhouse and handball alley were first announced there were many who expressed doubts about the scale of the proposals.
- The daytime activities are free and there will be something for everyone including a mobile skittle alley and a bouncy castle.
- As a small boy he learned how to play handball in the local alley down the road at the bridge and almost at the same learned of the treasure of fish in the great river that passed his door.
- In his youth Michael spent a considerable amount of his time in the handball alley in Asdee and became a great exponent of that game.
- 1.3North American Tennis Either of the two areas of the court between the doubles sideline and the singles or service sideline.
Example sentencesExamples - He is just following the tread marks and signs on the tennis alley.
- At 4.5 feet, it is exactly the width of a tennis alley.
- 1.4Baseball The area between the outfielders in left center or right center field.
Example sentencesExamples - In Wrigley Field, the alley in right-center is a more forgiving 368 feet.
- I had this calm sense come over me as I was getting up to walk towards the alley, towards, towards the foul line.
- The 315-foot left field line and short alleys have turned Houston baseball into a nightly slugging contest.
- The Giants need to push back the power alleys, especially in right field -- the one point that juts out to 420 feet doesn't count.
Phrases informal Well suited to one's tastes, interests, or abilities. this job would be right up your alley Example sentencesExamples - This kind of issue is right up her alley, so you should really check it out and see insights she has for you.
- She is, after all, an expert on webs, so the navigation of the Worldwide Web is right up her alley.
- Those who are looking for a challenge will find the single-player aspect of the game right up their alley.
- This lightweight rocket is right up our alley in that we have a lot of experience building sails for similar type boats.
- She began working with Austin Junior Volleyball, a job, she says, that was right up her alley.
- It would be awesome if there was an Assassin twist to it - knocking people off and taking their game pieces would be right up our alley.
- Developing creative new multiplayer game experiences is right up our alley and we are looking forward to the opportunity.
- As a broadcasting and graphics design double major the underwriting position is right up his alley.
- A fable of three royal monkeys, it was right up her alley and she took good advantage of the myriad opportunities to depict the main characters in the many incredible settings of the story.
- But, by the time Angelina was 11, she had realized that acting was right up her alley, too.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French alee ‘walking or passage’, from aler ‘go’, from Latin ambulare ‘to walk’. nounˈalēˈæli A toy marble made of marble, alabaster, or glass. Example sentencesExamples - To shoot correctly you held the marble between the thumb and forefinger and by flicking the thumb you propelled the alley forward, at great speed.
- It became a game to find treasures for the box: an imitation pearl brooch the next summer, a cat's eye alley marble added the year I was nine, a few copper coins and a string of Indian beads when I was ten or eleven.
Origin Early 18th century: perhaps a diminutive of alabaster. |