byroad

Example Sentences

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At first I think somewhat strange, but soon I see that there be only one such byroad.

From Dracula by Stoker, Bram

I rode slowly, my mind being filled with forebodings, and I was only roused from my preoccupation by the sudden appearance of a horseman at the turning of a byroad leading from Bridgenorth.

From Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow by Strang, Herbert

It was a mere byroad, and as once out of the main road they were for the present safe from pursuit, they now suffered the horses to break into a walk.

From The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

She heard the pleasant rustle of quick steps in the fallen leaves that carpeted the byroad.

From The Conflict by Phillips, David Graham

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 Duffield, J. W.