by-street

Example Sentences

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Thence, threading many a dark alley and tortuous by-street, stopping always at main thoroughfares until their guide signaled that the way was clear, they crossed the city towards the river.

From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis

Confronted by the elaborate surprises of these rank-and-file men, the patriotic critic, supposing such an anomaly to exist, will have to admit that English painting remains where it has generally been—in a by-street.

From Pot-Boilers by Bell, Clive

He turned aside from the many inviting policemen in the main road, where the contemptuous glances of wayfarers might presume his rusticity, and tried to find a policeman in a secluded by-street.

From Poor Relations by MacKenzie, Compton

"What ails thee, Skirmen?" he inquired, stopping his horse in a by-street.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

I got out of the press of carriages, and took a by-street along the Tiber, to the Coliseum.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker