byroad
Example Sentences
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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 Herbert Strang
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
We are all beladen with the old sluggard load, with our flesh and blood, that chooses for ever the byroad, and keeps us ever subject to its load, so that the soul easily falls asleep.
From The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained by E. H. (Ezra Hall) Gillett
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
At first I think somewhat strange, but soon I see that there be only one such byroad.
From Dracula by Bram Stoker
