: 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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The estate is hidden down a gated driveway on a three-plus-acre lot.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2025
In the final scene, a new car pulls into the driveway of the house the group just fled.
—Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 30 July 2025
The roar of vehicles on Friedland’s usually quiet street on Hibiscus Island sent her darting to the large window of her second-floor bedroom overlooking her neighbor’s driveway.
—Cd Goette-Luciak, Miami Herald, 30 July 2025
Over the years there have been claims that Hoffa was buried in the New Jersey Meadowlands, in various fields and under driveways in Michigan, under the massive Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit and under a baseball field in Wisconsin.
—Eric Shawn, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2025
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2025
In the final scene, a new car pulls into the driveway of the house the group just fled.
—Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 30 July 2025
The roar of vehicles on Friedland’s usually quiet street on Hibiscus Island sent her darting to the large window of her second-floor bedroom overlooking her neighbor’s driveway.
—Cd Goette-Luciak, Miami Herald, 30 July 2025
Over the years there have been claims that Hoffa was buried in the New Jersey Meadowlands, in various fields and under driveways in Michigan, under the massive Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit and under a baseball field in Wisconsin.
—Eric Shawn, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2025
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“Driveway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/driveway. Accessed 10 Aug. 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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