by-street
Example Sentences
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I then entered a by-street which I had never entered before.
From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous
He turned down a short and narrow by-street, with only room for a house or two, and they found themselves on the little common that is known as the Green of Cardyllion.
From Willing to Die by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
Probably, then, it would be in some by-street or alley.
From Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Morrison, Arthur
I then braced up my nerves, and fortified my heart, and went forth, and proceeded until I entered the by-street, and after I had sat a while upon the maṣṭabah, lo, the lattice opened.
From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous
He followed the man, and in a few minutes found himself in a narrow by-street, where a single carriage was standing.
From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James
