How to Use driveway in a Sentence

driveway

noun
Definition of drivewaynext
  • A long driveway led to the mansion.
  • The driveway winds around to the rear of the house, where one finds two garage spots off to the side.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Or when wind blows heaps of snow from the front lawn to bury the driveway.
    — Detroit Free Press, 12 May 2023
  • Police went to the house, saw the Malibu in the driveway, and knocked on the door.
    — cleveland, 29 July 2022
  • Shirlee knew not to come by when Jane’s car was in the driveway.
    — Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The garage door is open to allow a car parked in the driveway to charge.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The Hummer’s in the driveway, her Escalade’s in the garage.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Fenn then left his totaled truck in the driveway and hid in the woods.
    — Caroline Silva, ajc, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Chalk them all on the driveway, then bust out ride-on toys for the kids to drive around.
    — Michelle Crouch, Parents, 14 Nov. 2023
  • There was the sound of his car in the driveway and then the front door slamming, right on cue.
    — T. Coraghessan Boyle, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Fagan’s car was in the driveway; all the doors in the house were locked, but the house side gate was open.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The slides are a three-minute walk from the driveway turned parking lot.
    — Amy Gordon, AFAR Media, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Look for an oil or fuel spill on the driveway or in front of the house.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The man is believed to have walked up the driveway of Stop & Shop and left the building on foot.
    — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2022
  • The driveway slopes down to a private parking area and garage.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The Chevy Bolt that caught fire was unplugged and parked in the owner’s driveway.
    — Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The cord was nice and long at 25 feet, which came in handy while cleaning a driveway.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2023
  • To use the rope, first prepare your driveway by cleaning out the cracks.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
  • That black Range Rover awaits him in the driveway of his parents’ Danville home.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 July 2022
  • The day care is located at the end of a driveway off a cul-de-sac.
    — Rob Gillies, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Our tester put the Powershot to the test on their driveway.
    — Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Time to take that long, long walk down the driveway to the waiting Reject Van.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2023
  • When Collins-Smith's father and son Butch went to her house, her car was in the driveway.
    — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The circular driveway leads to curved steps that flank the front door.
    — Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • According to Doug, Roy’s truck was in the driveway, with the keys on the console.
    — Anna Turning, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
  • With crime scene tape still wrapped around the house, dozens of people look on from a driveway across the street.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2024
  • At a house where there were two cars in the driveway and one on the street, Stu told Jacob to wait and went and knocked.
    — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
  • This can be rarely achieved when the vehicle is in the driveway, the website states.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2024
  • If there is no parking lot or driveway to pull into, pull your vehicle off to the side of the road as far as possible.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 17 Feb. 2025
  • He was then seen backing into the driveway after the packages were collected.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2025

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