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Used with adjectives:
"
They live on a busy street."
(busy, wide, broad, narrow, quiet)
"
We drove through a deserted street."
(deserted, congested, crowded, dark, dimly lit, winding, steep)
"
The city is known to have clean streets."
(clean, noisy, dirty, dangerous, unsafe)
"
We couldn't get through the flooded street."
(flooded, muddy)
"
I took the wrong street."
(wrong, side, main, one-way)
Used with verbs:
"
He told me to take the first street on the right."
(take, turn into)
"
She has to cross the street to go home."
(cross)
"
The police blocked the street."
(blocked, blocked off, patrolled, cleared)
"
We decided to walk down the street."
(walk down, stroll down)
"
People packed the streets to watch the parade."
(packed, lined, crowded)
Used with nouns:
"
There are bars on every street corner."
(corner)
"
The city has become famous for street attacks."
(attack, violence, fights, battles, brawls, robberies, demonstrations, protests)
"
I couldn't see the street sign in the rain."
(sign, name, number)
"
We saw lots of street performers in New York."
(performers, musicians, entertainers, vendors)
"
The street lamps were all out."
(lamps, lights)
Used with prepositions:
"
Do you see the sign across the street?"
(across)
"
We walked along the narrow street."
(along)
"
The store is just up the street from me."
(up, down)
"
We used to live on the same street."
(on)
"
The kids were playing in the street."
(in)
