garden path

Example Sentences

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In a minute or two I was running down the garden-path.

From My New Home by Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie)

He turns involuntarily into the garden-path where, but a short time since, he had soothed her agitation and dried her tears.

From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip

Later in the evening, while Nordstedt and the Freiherr were playing a game of chess, the other two were walking along the same garden-path and by the same rose-bush.

From The Eichhofs A Romance by Reichenbach, Moritz von

Wandering with the children down the garden-path, idly she plucked a red rose and laid its cheek against a white one already in her hand.

From A Warwickshire Lad The Story of the Boyhood of William Shakespeare by Martin, George Madden

As for Luttrell himself, he is standing quite still, in the middle of the garden-path, staring at this living Flora.

From Molly Bawn by Hamilton, Margaret Wolfe