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as in corridor
a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building the hallway between the bedroom and bathroom was strewn with toys

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as in foyer
the entrance room of a building visitors to the Georgian mansion are received in a handsomely proportioned hallway featuring an open staircase

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Recent Examples of hallway Bedrooms don’t get as much traffic as hallways, living areas and kitchens. Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025 Ideas are shared in hallway conversations, buried in meeting notes, or remain locked in the minds of a few senior leaders. Rhea Wessel, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 The couple walked out to the hallway together during a break, each holding one of their sons. Jack Irvin, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025 There’s one door separating the TD Garden corridor leading from the visiting head coach’s press conference room to the long hallway leading to the Celtics’ media area. Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hallway
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Noun
  • In the afternoon into the evening, heavy rain will drench the I-94 corridor.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Whatever the case, deer tend to use familiar travel corridors.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Roche used the approach in her foyer, hanging wallpaper and doorway curtains in the same painterly stripe.
    Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The central foyer, illuminated by a massive skylight, serves as a welcoming hub that connects all four performance spaces.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • After a young boy goes missing from a small town, another teen boy finds a passageway to the past.
    Meg Walters, Glamour, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Now, nestled among its arched passageways, are a number of tony beauty haunts, too.
    Jennifer Weil, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Last Saturday evening, a recent Columbia University graduate student named Mahmoud Khalil was greeted in the lobby of his apartment building, in Morningside Heights, by four plainclothes agents from the Department of Homeland Security.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Arrested in a Manhattan hotel lobby in September, Combs is facing life in prison if found guilty.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The ball cleared the outfield concourse and bounced off the roof of a building on the outer edge of the stadium.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The terminal will include a concourse reflecting New York’s green spaces, artwork from more than 30 plus, and live performances.
    Brandon Withrow, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • At the town hall, Karamehmedovic said that the show was not being pulled, according to a source at the meeting.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
  • As the town hall wrapped up at 8 p.m., Kiley apologized to the many callers who were unable to join.
    Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 18 Mar. 2025

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“Hallway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallway. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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