byroad
Example Sentences
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The party stopped at a small tavern on a byroad in Virginia, to rest the horses.
From Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools by Albert F. Blaisdell
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
There are fine merry fellows, full of mirth and shrewdly minted observation, who will not abide by one topic, who must always be lashing out upon some new byroad, snatching at every bush they pass.
From Mince Pie by Christopher Morley
On a quiet byroad near headquarters town, where all the staff business of General Headquarters was conducted, a wisp of a flag hung at the entrance to the grounds of a small modern chateau.
From My Second Year of the War by Frederick Palmer
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
