byroad
Example Sentences
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She heard the pleasant rustle of quick steps in the fallen leaves that carpeted the byroad.
From The Conflict by David Graham Phillips
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 G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
It cleared the suburbs, and, striking into a byroad that traversed the chapparal, arrived at a lone rancho, the same where Rosita had been taken before—for it was Josefa who again carried her away.
From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by L. Evans
Of course, I didn't come through the camp of the 200th Ind., but modestly sought a byroad which Mrs. Bolster had put me onto.
From Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures by John McElroy
Bert drifted after them like a ghost, never letting them get more than half a mile a head, for fear that they might turn into some byroad and give him the slip.
From Bert Wilson in the Rockies by J. W. Duffield
