bypath

Example Sentences

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Their special bypath of curing disease by actual might & main is, they feel, on the upgrade.

From Time Magazine Archive

She read on, following the commentary through the mazy paths it led her on, until she came to: Keeping still is the mountain; it is a bypath; it means little stones, doors, and openings.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Mrs. Dale had turned into a bypath or half-formed road closely lined with small trees and looking as though it might be a woodchoppers' path.

From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore

There might be some path or track to the river-side of which he knew nothing; and if that bypath existed Purvis would certainly take it, however circuitous it might be.

From Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir by Macnaughtan, S. (Sarah)

Then, turning quickly into the furze and taking a bypath through the thickest part of the tangle, Philip left me, and, soon afterwards, I moved to my allotted hiding place.

From Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain by Rees, Alfred Wellesley