byroad

Example Sentences

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The Signal Section went astray and remained silently on a byroad while their officer reconnoitred.

From Adventures of a Despatch Rider by Watson, William Henry Lowe

She heard the pleasant rustle of quick steps in the fallen leaves that carpeted the byroad.

From The Conflict by Phillips, David Graham

I rode slowly, my mind being filled with forebodings, and I was only roused from my preoccupation by the sudden appearance of a horseman at the turning of a byroad leading from Bridgenorth.

From Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow by Strang, Herbert

The tavern-keeper said he saw such a couple turn into the byroad in front of his place, and wondered at it, for it was rare to see anybody enter that road.

From The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 by Sellar, Gordon

He therefore struck off by a byroad and, travelling slowly along, turned off two hours later to a farmhouse, the lights from which had made him aware of its proximity.

From With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)