How to Use avenue in a Sentence

avenue

noun
  • We drove down the avenue.
  • We plan to pursue all available avenues to get our message to the public.
  • They have closed off that avenue of discussion.
  • The draft would make sense as the avenue for that outlook.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The crowd advanced down an avenue lined with cafés and juice bars.
    Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
  • With so many avenues to break into the biz, why choose AFI?
    Malina Saval, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Chopard, Swarovski, and Tiffany have all opened boutiques on the avenue.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Jan. 2024
  • There was a fire truck and a police car on the far side of the avenue, and passersby looking back in the direction of our building.
    Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The lounge is located on D Street between 6th and 7th avenues.
    Anchorage Daily News, 16 May 2023
  • May 9 that his car was scratched in the village parking lot at Ashland and Burlington avenues.
    Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2023
  • The development is planned for a vacant block near the corner of Haskell and Parry avenues.
    Steve Brown, Dallas News, 3 May 2023
  • The solution is to search for other avenues – perhaps a support group, says James.
    Marc Silver, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Peter Van Sant: That opens up, for you, new avenues as to possible suspects, right?
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Today, the idea is being more widely adopted as a new avenue to make money.
    Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
  • There are many avenues for good music to be heard despite feeling like an outsider.
    Mecca Pryor, Essence, 23 Oct. 2023
  • For years, a silent espionage struggle played out here along the city’s iconic Unter den Linden avenue.
    Erika Solomon, New York Times, 2 May 2023
  • So the only avenue of information was through ABC and through my father.
    Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • There are still plenty of avenues for exploration and deeper study.
    Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 6 May 2023
  • Two officers arrived at the home near the intersection of Ross and Leigh avenues to find the man standing in his front yard, armed with a handgun.
    Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Critics say the overhaul will destroy the only avenue available to provide checks and balances in the governing of the country.
    Hadas Gold, CNN, 24 July 2023
  • The goal of the new LSE venue is to provide more avenues of liquidity to companies that are rapidly scaling up.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Major cities clamored to place them along main avenues, including, in New York, in the median strips of Park Avenue in 1993.
    Stephen Kinzer, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Explore more avenues of the eveningwear staple with our maxi skirt edit, below.
    Christina Holevas, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The atmosphere is serene and regenerative, and there are plenty of avenues for tea time.
    Maria Geyman, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2023
  • And because Gaza is under siege and heavy bombardment, civilians have few avenues of escape, even if warned.
    Amanda Taub, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Far from the 2,100-mile border, along every avenue where India seeks to expand, China looms as a fierce competitor.
    Sameer Yasir, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
  • This makes scent the perfect avenue for evoking a sense of nostalgia—and creating new memories—in your home.
    Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Throughout the year, the avenue also plays host to town festivals celebrating music, seafood, and art.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 June 2023
  • But her sisters, who had gone through their own hard times having children, knew there was at least one last avenue to take before giving up: each other.
    Susan Young, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Or leave the keys behind take a stroll to any number of nearby restaurants, pubs and boutiques lining Lower Greenville and Henderson avenues.
    Raya Rockwood, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2023

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