: a private road giving access from a public way to a building on abutting grounds
Examples of driveway in a Sentence
A long driveway led to the mansion.
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What went into the driving sequence that ends with the two of them talking in the driveway?
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, Seychelle would then pull up in the driveway at night so that David could come out to her car.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Holly Franklin was doing it again late on a Friday morning, standing in the front yard of her Carmichael home, her African gray parrot’s cage perched beside her in the driveway, its door open in hopes of beckoning Kiki back home.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
Her father Eddie would sit in his 3500 pound Kia Sportage SUV in the driveway in neutral and Elana would push the SUV up their driveway.
—Tim Genske, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, Seychelle would then pull up in the driveway at night so that David could come out to her car.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Holly Franklin was doing it again late on a Friday morning, standing in the front yard of her Carmichael home, her African gray parrot’s cage perched beside her in the driveway, its door open in hopes of beckoning Kiki back home.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
Her father Eddie would sit in his 3500 pound Kia Sportage SUV in the driveway in neutral and Elana would push the SUV up their driveway.
—Tim Genske, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for driveway
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“Driveway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/driveway. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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driveway
noun
drive·way
ˈdrīv-ˌwā 
: a short private road from the street to a house, garage, or parking lot
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