Synonym: avenue, road, thoroughfare. Similar words: greet, agree to, tree, stretch, stream, stress, streak, distress. Meaning: [strɪːt]n. 1. a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings 2. the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel 3. the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction 4. a situation offering opportunities 5. people living or working on the same street.
1 One barking dog sets all street a-barking.
2 By the street of “Bye-and-bye” one arrives at the house of “Never”.
3 This street offers a fine vista of the cathedral.
4 I happed on her in the street yesterday.
5 Fleet Street loves a good scandal.
6 Crowds of people poured into the street.
7 The street is alive with rubbish.
8 They got caught up in a street brawl.
9 The cart creaked up on the street.
10 There were crowds of shoppers in the street.
11 He crossed the street and walked alongside Central Park.
12 The street lights are usually turned on at 7.
13 This piece of land abuts on a street.
14 Tell your children not to run across the street.
15 The procession passed along the street.
16 The crowd overflowed into the street.
17 A fresh layer of snow covered the street.
18 The street runs through the town.
19 I saw her standing in the street.
20 A funeral procession filled the street.
21 He had his street vending licence taken away.
22 A Scottish battalion was marching down the street.
23 We live in a very quiet street.
24 This street reaches to the beach.
25 He had been in a drunken street brawl.
26 The bank is just across the street.
27 We live at no. 102 Church Street.
28 Better street lighting might help to reduce crime.
29 Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. Elbert Hubbard
30 If each would sweep before his own door,(Sentencedict.com)[www.Sentencedict.com] we should have a clean city (or street).
1 Crowds of people poured into the street.
2 They got caught up in a street brawl.
3 He crossed the street and walked alongside Central Park.
4 The street lights are usually turned on at 7.
5 A fresh layer of snow covered the street.
6 I saw her standing in the street.
7 We live in a very quiet street.
8 The bank is just across the street.
9 We live at no. 102 Church Street.
10 Better street lighting might help to reduce crime.
11 The children played together in the street.
12 A lot of people gathered in the street.
13 They turned into an endless street.
14 The street vendors often took advantage of the customers.
15 The noise out in the street was deafening.
16 My office is at street level .
17 Excuse me, does this bus go to Oxford Street?
18 The street is too narrow for a truck.
19 We moved to Center Street when I was young.
20 He wheeled his motorcycle into the street.
21 He stood still, absorbing every detail of the street.
22 A policeman is at the corner of the street.
23 There are electric lamps in the street.
24 You can park on either side of the street.
25 The high street banks continue to prosper.
26 She pulled out into the street.
27 It's at the end of this street.
28 What's the name of that street?
29 We saw a vehicle sprinkling water on the street.