by-street
Example Sentences
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Annette's carriage stood in a by-street, awaiting us.
From Waldfried A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold
The outlook is about as inspiriting as that of a London by-street usually is.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram
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 was determined to make an excursion down an unsavoury by-street whose nature he recognized.
From I Walked in Arden by Crawford, Jack
This spectacle lent the secretary wings; and he did not relax his pace until he had gained the Bayswater Road, and plunged at random into an unfrequented by-street.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
