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How to use aisle in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Aisle means a wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers. Example: “Do you want to seat window or aisle?”

Examples of aisle by meaning

nounA wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.

  • In one of the aisles there was an elaborately carved confessional box and I recognised the village priest in his heavy mountain boots and black cassock as he entered it and drew the dark velvet curtains behind him.1956, Delano Ames, chapter 13, in Crime out of Mind

nounA clear path/passage through rows of seating.

  • The Metro-style walkthrough interior was chosen because it is much more spacious than the '323s', where the interconnecting doors between carriages, narrow central aisle, and cramped areas by the passenger doors had been deemed particularly constraining.2025 April 16, Pip Dunn, “The future is orange....”, in RAIL, number 1033, page 53

nounSeat in public transport, such as a plane, train or bus, that's beside the aisle.

  • Do you want to seat window or aisle?

More sentences with aisle

  • The bride's long dress trailed behind her as she walked down the aisle.From the entry trail
  • Unfortunately, the leading bridesmaid stepped on the bride's train as they were walking down the aisle.From the entry train
  • I found a really nice roaster in the kitchenware aisle, plus a bamboo cutting board.From the entry roaster
  • After figuring out the seating arrangement and ceding him the window seat, I took my own seat by the aisle.From the entry cede
  • Anyone who wishes an aisle seat should see an attendant.From the entry wish
  • Altar tombs were often placed over the vaults or burying-place, and frequently on the north and south walls of choirs, aisles, and chantry chapels.From the entry altar tomb
  • Morrisons has launched its own middle aisle, reviving the “When it’s Gone it’s Gone” range.2026 January 29, Jimmy Grant, “Has Morrisons opened its own middle aisle to rival Aldi & Lidl?”, in The Sun. From the entry middle aisle
  • Degree,” with the expectation of walking right off the graduation stage and down the aisle.2020 May 15, Amisha Padnani, “Is Marriage a Prize?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 May 2020. From the entry bs
  • I will try to breeze past them in the frozen food aisle.2019, Melissa Maimone, The Radiant Midnight, page 60. From the entry ugly cry
  • Firewater: The aisles started changing my verses to support their own views.2016, Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan, Sausage Party (movie). From the entry permish
  • “I’m a muscle queen,” he whispered to me, leaning across the aisle.2013, Michael John Harris, chapter 2, in Homo, James Lorimer Books, page 14. From the entry muscle queen
  • Elements that create aisles or aisle accessways may be movable by the users.2011, Sharon Koomen Harmon, Katherine E. Kennon, The Codes Guidebook for Interiors, page 150. From the entry accessway
  • Some referenda feel like neverenda, political footballs kicked about in empty aisles.2011, Peter Swirski, American Utopia and Social Engineering in Literature, Social Thought, and Political History, Routledge, page 86. From the entry neverendum
  • “Scott—Corona Scott.” She stretched to shake his hand across the narrow aisle.2011, M. R. Tighe, Judgment on Tartarus, Tucson, AZ: Wheatmark, →ISBN, page 3. From the entry corona
  • Even then, passengers are forced to stand in the aisle once they board.2009 March 29, David P. Dillard, “TRANSPORTATION: PUBLIC URBAN AND PASSENGER : UNITED STATES: CITIES: SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI: Metro Cuts…. From the entry bus line
  • The man across the aisle bought a packet of nasi lemak.2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 117. From the entry nasi lemak
  • You can find refrigerated prechopped onions in tubs in the produce aisle along with prechopped peppers.2006, Shea Waggoner, Homemade in Half the Time, page 24. From the entry prechopped
  • One navigational technique—breadcrumbing—is like having a “You Are Here” store directory in each aisle.2003, Kreta Chandler, Karen Hyatt, Customer-centered Design: A New Approach to Web Usability, →ISBN. From the entry breadcrumb
  • The tealites are used just for the moment the bride comes down the aisle.2001, Canadian Florist, volumes 96-97, page 117. From the entry tealite
  • They picked up their pastis and their menus and reestablished themselves at the table across the aisle.2000, Charles Gustafson, A Visa for Ahmad: Escape from Libya, page 94. From the entry unugly
  • My eyes gaped at the same aisles I had strolled through as a child.1997, David J. Pelzer, The lost boy: a foster child's search for the love of a family. From the entry skip a beat
  • I'm pushing the trolley down an aisle in which there are a dozen ladies gasbagging.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 146. From the entry gasbag
  • Before long, the other youngster came up the aisle with crayons and paper in hand.1984, Joanne Oppenheim, Kids and play. From the entry playathon
  • Then shut the Book and strode down the aisle past every half-filled pew.1978, DeKalb Literary Arts Journal, volumes 14-16, page 73. From the entry carpent
  • Instead, the glittering aisles are thronged with working girls buying sportswear and datewear—leisure’s costumes.1968, Max Gunther, “The Weekend World”, in Norman F. Cantor, Michael S. Werthman, editors, The History of Popular Culture, The Macmillan…. From the entry datewear
  • Both sides of the Congressional aisles are full of aspiring Mr.1967, Stewart L. Udall, Address at the Second Annual Conference on Water Resources. From the entry Mr. Clean
  • And I, all alone, east of the aisle up frontish, applauded, amid the numb and blind.1963, Ken Kelman, “Smith Myth”, in P. Adams Sitney, editor, Film Culture Reader (Praeger Film Books), New York, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.…. From the entry frontish
  • You take a janitor with a broom and send him down the aisle sweeping.1951, Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, The Research and Discovery Series, New Era Publications, page 76. From the entry superultimate
  • The cook-house was like a cathedral's nave, aisles being divided off by the pipes of stoves.1930, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades, Grosset & Dunlap, page 308. From the entry coke breeze
  • There was a woman sitting in the endmost chair just across the aisle in line with them.1915, Dorothy Richardson, Pointed Roofs (Pilgrimage 1). From the entry endmost
  • The little stone Saint occupied a retired niche in a side aisle of the old cathedral.1910, ‘Saki’, “The Saint and the Goblin”, in Reginald in Russia. From the entry retired
  • John the Baptist in the new south aisle.2019, M. T. W. Payne, “Bankers and booksellers: evidence of the late fifteenth-century English book trade in the ledgers of the Bardi…. From the entry diaper
  • Just do the stuff you did on The T Factor – that had them rolling in the aisles!2018, Harry Hill, Matt Millz Stands Up!, Faber & Faber. From the entry job's a good 'un
  • The dveykut that accompanied the groom as he walked down the aisle to the chupah was truly inspirational.2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 116. From the entry chuppah
  • The middle aisle thus functions as a commodified form of serendipity, where retailers deliberately cultivate unpredictability to re-enchant routine shopping.2016 August 21, Daniela Spanjaard, Jessica Richards, and Lynne Freeman, “The aisle between: Grocery shopping as a liminal journey”, in…. From the entry middle aisle
  • She left her duties guarding the cola vendor and brushed past Earl to the aisle with the creamed corn.2015, Jennifer Ott, Rays of Civilization, page 64. From the entry vendor
  • She sought out the machines along the aisles, the ones most frequently used, stuffed with tokens, especially likely to jackpot.2013, Amber Dermont, Damage Control: Stories. From the entry jackpot

Meaning of aisle

  1. noun A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.
  2. noun A clear path/passage through rows of seating.
  3. noun A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.

Full definition of aisle

Questions about aisle in a sentence

How do you use aisle in a sentence?
Aisle is used as a noun. For example: “Do you want to seat window or aisle?”
What is a short sentence with aisle?
“Do you want to seat window or aisle?”
What does aisle mean?
Aisle means a wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aisle (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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