by-street
Example Sentences
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The cab stopped at last before a block of offices in a by-street of the city.
From The Golden Web by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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
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
Probably, then, it would be in some by-street or alley.
From Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Morrison, Arthur
She took Miss Chrysanthemum and Mr. Prosperity under her wing, as it were, rented a comfortable little house on a by-street and installed them therein, married.
From A Japanese Boy by Shiukichi, Shigemi
