by-street

Example Sentences

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He was determined to make an excursion down an unsavoury by-street whose nature he recognized.

From I Walked in Arden by Crawford, Jack

So musing, Martin came to a by-street that divided two warehouses.

From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman

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

"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