by-street

Example Sentences

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At Chateaudun as at Vendome, we sought out lodgings in a by-street, and therein passed the night.

From The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire by Stephens, Robert Neilson

He turned down a short and narrow by-street, with only room for a house or two, and they found themselves on the little common that is known as the Green of Cardyllion.

From Willing to Die by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

My destination was in a by-street in a mean, rickety building.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman

A corridor joined the theatre to the door on the by-street; and with this, the cabinet communicated separately by a second flight of stairs.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis