by-street
Example Sentences
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“Or he may have fled,” said Utterson, and he turned to examine the door in the by-street.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
I then entered a by-street which I had never entered before.
From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous
The cab stopped at last before a block of offices in a by-street of the city.
From The Golden Web by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
Beyond there was nothing but darkness, an unlighted by-street, not more than two or three yards in width.
From Held by Chinese Brigands by Strang, Herbert
She could, and did, imagine a sublimated “dwelling in amity” on the little by-street in Tillbury.
From Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse by Carr, Annie Roe
