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
Thence, threading many a dark alley and tortuous by-street, stopping always at main thoroughfares until their guide signaled that the way was clear, they crossed the city towards the river.
From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis
I got out of the press of carriages, and took a by-street along the Tiber, to the Coliseum.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker
The prison was in a by-street of shabby houses.
From The Benefactress by Elizabeth
He was determined to make an excursion down an unsavoury by-street whose nature he recognized.
From I Walked in Arden by Crawford, Jack
